Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed in West Darfur, against ethnic Massalit and non-Arab communities, according to Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch has once again called for the release of rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was sentenced to death last month by an Iranian court for his critical stance against the Tehran regime and his support for the women's rights movement.
An Islamist group operating in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province used boys as young as 13 in attacks on a town last week and residents who were forced to flee the fighting recognized some of the child soldiers as their missing relatives, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Al-Shabab, which is affiliated to the Islamic State group, has previously been accused by UN agencies of kidnapping children and using them as soldiers in its insurgency in the region, which began in...
A new report has found that worker rights – including the right to form a trade union and the right to bargain collectively – are among the least protected human rights globally.
Human rights scholar Martha Minow addressed around 30,000 graduates and guests at NYU’s 191st commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, after receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the university. Minow, the former dean of Harvard Law School and holder of Harvard University’s highest professorship, delivered NYU’s commencement address on behalf of this This story Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencement appeared first on Washington...
With the foundational workers’ right of collective bargaining in decline, how long before working hours and conditions and fair wages evaporate as well?
It is responsive enough to obscure the fact that it is not a sentient being. It comes with biases; it is a corporate product. Remember thatArtificial intelligence is changing things at dizzying speed. About 18 months ago, the tech company OpenAI unleashed its AI chatbot, ChatGPT. Within a couple of months, 100 million users were regularly using the tool, making it the fastest-growing consumer app in history. While tech bubbles are always easy to slip into, many people argue the world can be...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has identified demolitions of
Apparently there's still a genocide going on in China despite there never
A report released Friday found that Israeli forces may have violated international humanitarian law, though it did not formally find that they had done so.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has created a body on human rights coordination to enhance mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, a move viewed by advocates as a "desperate attempt to window-dress" the situation in the country.
Snippet of the Online Launch of W4HR in the Igbo Wikimedians Community The #WikiForHumanRights Campaign is a global event organized by Wikimedians with the aim of ensuring that everyone has access