DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

Economic, social and cultural rights Middle East

Iran: New compulsory veiling law intensifies oppression of women and girls

11 December 2024 | 10:41 am

Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women...

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Human rights Global

World Human Rights Day

10 December 2024 | 1:59 pm

Change starts with you. In the decades since the adoption of the United Nations Universal...

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Human rights Africa

Niger: Prominent Civil Society Activist Arbitrarily Arrested

10 December 2024 | 11:15 am

Immediately Release Moussa Tchangari; Drop All Charges (Dakar, Geneve, Nairobi, Paris, December 9,...

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Responsive campaigning Middle East

Syria: Historic opportunity to end and redress decades of grave human rights violations under President Assad must be seized

9 December 2024 | 9:27 am

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by...

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Responsive campaigning Middle East

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

5 December 2024 | 12:26 pm

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed...

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Human rights Asia

South Korea: President must give assurance martial law will not be used to restrict human rights again

4 December 2024 | 8:04 am

Responding to the declaration of emergency law by South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol, which...

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