California state legislature passes bill banning caste-based discrimination | Civil Rights News
Los Angeles, California – The California state legislature has become the first in the United States to pass a bill
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Human Rights
The global human rights regime has collapsed | Human Rights
Human rights, as we know them, are dead. Amid a climate emergency, seemingly endless conflict, and consequent refugee crises, the
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US deports dozens to Haiti despite telling citizens to leave country | Migration News
Less than 24 hours after the United States urged its citizens to leave Haiti “as soon as possible” due to
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‘Lively in faith’: Pope Francis heads to Mongolia with eye on diplomacy | Religion News
Pope Francis has a reputation for visiting some of the world’s most remote countries, even in places where Catholics are
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Chile launches push to find people disappeared in Pinochet era | Human Rights News
As Chile approaches the 50th anniversary of its 1973 coup, the country’s government has launched an initiative to search for
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Possible Kenya-led mission to Haiti prompts growing calls for safeguards | Human Rights News
International observers and human rights defenders are awaiting an anticipated proposal for a United Nations-backed, Kenya-led police mission to Haiti.
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Biden administration limits wetland protections to align with Supreme Court | Water News
Experts warn that Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule could weaken protections for nearly half of US wetlands. The administration of
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Venezuela using arbitrary detention as ‘tool of repression’: Amnesty | Human Rights News
Rights group accuses Nicolas Maduro’s government of detaining people for political reasons, urges immediate release. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government
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Q&A: Sebastien Lai on father Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong ‘show trial’ | Politics News
Taipei, Taiwan – The national security trial of Jimmy Lai, the jailed 75-year-old media mogul and founder of the now defunct
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Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student | Islamophobia News
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates
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