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[resource] SDF Chatter: Human Rights: Key Resources + Key Conversations

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How China Turned Xinjiang into an Open-Air Prison for Uyghurs Where Culture, Faith, and Freedom Are Criminalized

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Diverging views of democracy fuel support for authoritarian politicians, study shows

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Why do people living in democratic countries vote for political candidates who openly violate democratic standards? A new study by a University of Notre Dame [in France] found that diverse understandings of democracy among voters can lead to votes for authoritarian-leaning political leaders.

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[Opinion] - "Rules for Thee, but Not for Me:" China’s Diplomatic Rhetoric to Uphold International Rules Diverges Sharply from Both its Words to Party Officials at Home and its Action Abroad

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Does more income equal more democracy? - Not necessarily, according to an analysis of 200 years of international data

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Political scientists and economists have traditionally argued the more economic prosperity a country has, the more democratic it becomes - but Professor Ian MacKenzie from University of Queensland’s School of Economics in Australia says the relationship is not simple.

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Chinese transnational repression of Tibetans and Uyghurs: ‘Switzerland must take action now’

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Switzerland is often considered the human rights capital of the world due to the presence of numerous international organisations. However, for Uyghurs and Tibetans living in the country, who still feel they can’t escape China’s surveillance, intimidation and threats, it’s also seen as a place where they often confront their cross-border oppressors.

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Democracies boost women’s participation in the labor market: A new study finds that freer societies compel more women to pursue careers

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The benefits of democratic societies go beyond greater personal freedoms and liberties. A new study by a UC Riverside economics professor has found that democratic systems of government also lead to higher participation by women in the labor market.

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Debunking the “mysterious Russian soul” once and for all: It’s not Pushkin and Pavlova, it’s Putinism’s practice of mass rape and war crimes

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[This is a piece by Dr. Kerry McElroy, cultural historian and founder of The Sága Project: An International Women's Journalism and Oral History Collective.]

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‘I’d never heard of this type of torture before:’ Human rights observer says Russia’s first monitoring mission in Ukraine documented the Kremlin’s evolving state terror system

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New World Freedom Report reflects "ongoing concerns about China's political rights and civil liberties"

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has set new human rights standards: Will they improve the lives of millions?

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As of this year, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - [which plays a crucial role in sustainable development with over 7,300 projects across three continents] - will start implementing its updated Environmental and Social Policy and Access to Information Policy. These policies set the EBRD’s environmental, social, and human rights standards, as well as obligations for its public and private sector clients. Feedback from civil society organisations like Bankwatch, project-affected communities, and institutions such as the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has led to significant improvements in transparency, stakeholder engagement, and human rights due diligence. However, accountability gaps remain.

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Human Rights Watch Calls On Governments To Step Up Support for Tibetans in Exile

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Today, March 10, 2025, Tibetans worldwide commemorate the 1959 uprising in Tibet.

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Inside Moscow's Vile Scheme To Kidnap And "Russify" Ukrainian Children

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Italy approves draft law targeting femicide with punishment of up to life in prison

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Cross posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/30703914

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Feminism is still a dirty word in China: Organised feminist activism is nearly impossible in the country in 2025, but Chinese women are still talking

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Cross posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/30697680

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Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down

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Liuzhi: Use of Chinese Communist Party’s secret detention system soars

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New data released by the Chinese Communist Party's internal policing body shows a major 46.15% increase in the use of the Liuzhi system from 2023 to 2024. Over the course of last year, 38,000 people were detained by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

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Report: "China’s Repression of the Uyghurs Remains Dire"

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The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released a report in January 2025, “Eight Years On, China’s Repression of the Uyghurs Remains Dire: How China’s Policies in the Uyghur Region Have and Have Not Changed.” The report is authored by Rian Thum, Senior Lecturer in East Asian History, at the University of Manchester.

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Tibet as one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world is in danger of extinction over China's assimilationist state policy

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Tibetans have worked to protect the Tibetan language and resisted efforts to enforce Mandarin Chinese. Yet, Tibetan children are losing their language through enrolment in state boarding schools where they are being educated nearly exclusively in Mandarin Chinese. Tibetan is typically only taught a few times a week – not enough to sustain the language.

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The entombed lives – the experience of sibling abortion under China’s One-Child Policy

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Here is the article as pdf.

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UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions

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More than 20,000 detained in Russia for anti-war views over the past three years, OVD-Info reports

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Missing in China: New guide aims to help families of detained foreigners

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Safeguard Defenders [a NGO focused on human rights in China] is releasing its new handbook ‘Missing in China’ today in response to the growing number of foreign citizens arbitrarily detained in the authoritarian country.

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The decline of media freedom undermines resilience to organized crime in Asia and Oceania

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Authoritarian repression of the media is supported by the findings of the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index, which point to a trend of governments suppressing dissent, opposition and media freedom. Of the 12 resilience indicators measured by the Index, the ‘non-state actors’ indicator (which quantifies the role of civil society, including the media, as an alternative source of resilience to organized crime) declined the most globally, by 0.16 points.

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In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides -- [Opinion]

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*This is an op-ed by Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, and a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley.*

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Vietnam’s systematic attack on civil society breaches the free trade agreement with the EU, new complaint argues

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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its member organisation Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), and Global Witness lodged a complaint with the European Commission’s trade department, stating that Hanoi’s ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders working on sustainable development violates the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

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U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted.

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China: five years after breaking key stories on COVID-19, journalist Zhang Zhan is at risk of dying in detention, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns

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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

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China's Labor Exploitation Goes Global

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"Stop China's indoctrination of Tibetan children:" NGOs' call to the UN human rights chief -- [Petition]

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The Open Society as an Enemy: A critique of how free societies turned against themselves -- [Book, free download]

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Just started reading this book by J. McKenzie Alexander, Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at London School of Economics (LSE), which is free to download as ePub, Mobi, and pdf.

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North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine Spotlight Rights Crisis

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Ukraine cooperates with the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and other organizations to ensure POWs receive humane treatment in line with international humanitarian standards. Authorities should continue to uphold these protections and undertake not to forcibly repatriate POWs to countries like North Korea, when they face a real risk of serious rights violations. This aligns with the principle of nonrefoulement, which prohibits repatriating individuals to countries where they risk persecution or torture.

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U.S. Transfers 11 Guantanamo Detainees To Oman After More Than 2 Decades Without Charge

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20532607

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Do human rights protect vegans and other forms of boycott? Art.18 perhaps?

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I would like to know if vegans have any protection for their practice under human rights laws. Veganism is essentially a boycott against all industries that exploit non-human animals. And more broadly, are boycotts of any kind protected?

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Human rights defenders integral to achieving sustainable development, UN expert says

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From women activists feeding thousands of vulnerable families amid the brutal war in Sudan, to young Bangladeshis working to stamp out child marriage, human rights defenders worldwide are helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain, researchers say

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Governments, even democratic ones, are willing to aid autocracies in silencing exiled dissidents if the host nation thinks it’s in its economic interest.

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When a cashless bank refuses to allow you to withdraw your money, does that violate article 17?

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case 1: account closure

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New study reveals a global consensus on what democracy means

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Here is the study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp1274

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Justice is denied from Palestine to the Uyghur homeland: What happens in Gaza and China's Xinjiang region should equally outrage us all, human rights lawyer says

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"The dehumanization of Palestinians and the collective punishment they endure from Israel's war in Gaza have shattered the very fabric of their society, much like what China has inflicted upon my people," writes exiled Uyghur human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat.

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Rights Groups Say Dozens Arbitrarily Detained By Huthis In Yemen

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New York-headquartered Human Rights Watch and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHR) said that at the end of September there was a "wave" of arrests of people "peacefully celebrating or posting on social media" about the anniversary marking the creation of the Yemen Arab Republic.

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European lawmakers call out human rights breaches in Türkiye, China and Iraq

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The European Parliament (EP) urges Turkish authorities to drop the charges against Bülent Mumay and all other arbitrarily detained media workers, political opponents, human rights defenders, civil servants and academics. Türkiye deplores "a complex web of legislation that systematically silences and controls journalists, and denounce the new “foreign agent regulation” to be introduced by the end of 2024", the EP says in a statement.

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China is using laws on "disturbing social order" to prosecute human rights defenders with number of court cases increasing, report says

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China criminalizes human rights defenders with laws on Disturbing Social Order, while the top crime category across whole population is Endangering Public Security, an analysis by the Safeguard Defenders has found.

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Tune in to ASSANGE'S FIRST PUBLIC ADDRESS SINCE 2018! >> PACE hearing on Julian Assange's detention and conviction and their chilling effects on human rights

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Credibility of elections under threat worldwide driven by government intimidation, foreign interference, disinformation, and the misuse of artificial intelligence in campaigns

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In 20 percent of national elections, at least one losing candidate or party rejects the result as global voter turnout falls 10 percentage points from 2008 to 2023.

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"The Erasure of Women:" Three years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the situation for women and girls has worsened, with no indication of improvement

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Worried About Our Democracy? Start by Protecting Protesters: legislators who claim to be defending democratic norms are standing by while activists get absurd sentences for peaceful protests

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I live under the oppressive rule of the Taliban. That’s why I am urging the world to engage with them | Anonymous

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"Participation is our biggest advantage in the fight against authoritarianism:" Human rights veteran Scot Nakagawa on the importance of confronting political violence

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https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/08/anti-authoritarian-organizer-scot-nakagawa-participation-advantage-confronting-political-violence

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Russian government’s current laws used to crush civic freedoms a "dramatic escalation of sustained assault on fundamental rights" spanning more than a decade, human rights report says

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The Russian government’s dismantling of civic freedoms since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is a dramatic escalation of its sustained assault on fundamental rights spanning more than a decade, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

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Brothers in oppression: Pakistan learning tricks of rights violations from China

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Pakistan is once again engulfed in a summer of protests, facing significant social upheaval with ongoing anti-state demonstrations in many areas [...]

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How Civil Society Can Confront the China Challenge — And Win

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*Written by Kevin Sheives, Deputy Director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, and Caitlin Dearing Scott, Director for Countering Foreign Authoritarian Influence at the International Republican Institute.*

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Saudi Arabia’s hosting bid for 2034 World Cup 'falls far short' on human rights.

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Human Rights Foundation’s Weekly Financial Freedom Report #33

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UN Global Digital Compact: internet governance and human rights

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Legal Consequences Arising From The Policies And Practices Of Israel In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jereusalem

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Summary provided by https://notegpt.io/pdf-summary

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World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid

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Open Letter to GoK on Human Rights Crackdown in Kenya | KICTANet Think Tank

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October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by Hamas-led Groups

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Joint statement: European Court of Human Rights rules against Russia: Trans parent’s foster-care termination violates family rights

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Protecting the human rights of sex workers

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Pressure builds on FIFA to suspend Israel ahead of extraordinary Council meeting

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Open Letter: Advocating for Brazilian AI regulation that protects human rights - Coalizão Direitos na Rede

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Six months of wins for human rights

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad condemns terrorism after attempt on Trump’s life

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Federal parliamentary committee presents a decisive case for an Australian Human Rights Act

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[2024-07-11] Human Rights @ SDF Community Update

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Hello all of you subscribers! Your appreciative moderator, here, with a quick message.

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Growth is enriching an elite and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights

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China defends its human rights record at UN meeting

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Julian’s first birthday in freedom in fourteen years.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17610222

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Israel/Palestine: All Victims Have Right to Reparation for Abuses

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[Microblog] THEY ARE KILLING US!

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Russia Committed Human Rights Violations in Crimea, European Court Finds

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13th Meeting - 56th Regular Session of Human Rights Council

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[Microblog] KENYAN DCI Officers in this pick up has been killing people since TuesdayRutoMustGo RejectFinanceBill2024 RoadToStatehouse OccupyStatehouse RutoMustGo RutoMustGo RutoMustGo RutoMustGo Ru…

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KENYAN DCI Officers in this pick up has been killing people since Tuesday#RutoMustGo #RejectFinanceBill2024 #RoadToStatehouse #OccupyStatehouse #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo #RutoMustGo2024, #RutoMustBeStopped

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Belarus, Russia issue joint report on human rights situation in certain countries

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Assange is FREE. Statement from his lawyer

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The Promise and Perils of Human Rights for Governing Digital Platforms: Symposium Introduction | TechPolicy.Press

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Reclaiming Democracy With Bitcoin At The Oslo Freedom Forum

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"The Oslo Freedom Forum, held annually by the Human Rights Foundation, has become a worldwide cornerstone for human rights activists. This year, the 16th edition of the forum was centered around the theme "Re-claim Democracy." It brought together activists, thinkers, and leaders to discuss the challenges of rising authoritarianism and how bitcoin can support activists fighting against oppressive regimes."

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Non-Verbal Autistic Woman Embraces Technology to Advocate for Disability Rights

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Global Failures on Healthcare Funding

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[opinion] Mental health must be upheld as a universal human right

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Healthcare: Lack of universal coverage, ‘human rights tragedy on a massive scale’

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[resource] OHCHR overview on Universal Health Coverage and the Right to Health

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[resource] Human Rights FAQs

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Breaking barriers, building bridges: pioneering gender equality in a Rights-Based Economy

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World Report 2024: Rights Trends in China

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World Report 2023: Rights Trends in China

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UN report details ‘climate of fear’ in occupied areas of Ukraine, as the Russian Federation moves to cement control

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Russian rights commissioner calls for swift release of Russians held by Hamas

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"Training future authoritarians": How China promotes its authoritarian capitalism model by teaching government officials in the Global South on how to infringe people's freedom and undermine democracy

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[opinion] Building new alliances: a path to social justice

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[2023] [opinion] Building economies that place people’s human rights at the center

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The climate crisis is solvable, but human rights must trump profits

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[opinion] United Nations Panel Urges The Advertising Industry to Consider The Intersections of Advertising and Human Rights

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Immigrants’ Rights Groups Sue Biden Administration Over New Anti-Asylum Rule

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[2021] [resource] A Human Rights-Based Approach to Content Governance

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Banana giant held liable for funding paramilitaries

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fruit company Chiquita Brands International liable for financing a Colombian paramilitary group. The group, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), was designated by the US as a terrorist organisation at the time. Following a civil case brought by eight Colombian families whose relatives were killed by the AUC, Chiquita has been ordered to pay $38.3m (£30m) in damages to the families. Chiquita said in a statement that it intended to appeal against the jury's verdict, arguing that there was "no legal basis for the claims". The jury in the case, which was heard in a federal court in South Florida, found Chiquita responsible for the wrongful deaths of eight men killed by the AUC. The AUC engaged in widespread human rights abuses in Colombia, including murdering people it suspected of links with left-wing rebels. The victims ranged from trade unionists to banana workers. The case was brought by the families after Chiquita pleaded guilty in 2007 to making payments to the AUC.

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Intersections between advertising and human rights - Forum on Business and Human Rights 2023

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Gaza war: US evaluating Hamas response to ceasefire proposal

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