‘We’re in the era of the billionaire,’ human rights expert says. Here's why wealth accumulation is accelerating
In 2024, an average of nearly four new billionaires were coined every week, according to Oxfam. Much of their wealth will be ...
Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit
The Colorado high court ruled in favor of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo after an animal rights group alleged the park's elephants ...
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Trump’s Executive Orders Threaten Broad Range of Human Rights
United States President Donald Trump, on his first day in office on January 20, 2025, issued numerous executive orders that ...
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How Biden Failed on Human Rights
Sarah Yager is Washington Director at Human Rights Watch. She worked on human rights under three U.S. presidents and from ...
Top European rights court rules woman's refusal to have sex not a fault in divorce case
A French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband and had been considered at fault in a divorce, has won a case at Europe’s top human rights court ...
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Human Rights First Analysis of the Trump Administration’s Initial Immigration Executive Actions
On the first day of the Trump-Vance Administration, the President issued a host of anti-immigrant and -refugee Executive Orders that undermine our national security, tarnish our global reputation, and ...
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Human rights mustn’t be based on religion, says Suhakam
The human rights commission criticises a US official’s statement that Israel has a ‘biblical right’ to the West Bank in ...
Who really benefits from economic development? Experts say human rights needs to be priority
A new study by the University of Portsmouth calls for human rights to be at the heart of any economic development.
An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus
Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus ...
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Tunisian Human Rights Defender on Hunger Strike
On January 14, prominent activist and former president of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission, Sihem Bensedrine, began a ...
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The Ministry of Human and Minority Rights appeals: Do not endanger the rights of children
The Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue announced that, in the context of current social events and ...
Top European rights court rules woman's refusal to have sex not at fault in divorce case
A French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband and had been considered at fault in a divorce, has won a case at Europe’s top human rights court ...