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Switzerland

Should we have better laws to protect migrants?

32nd International Conference Held once every four years 189 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies National governments NGOs A global gathering

10/12/2015

USA

Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus ride into history

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was arrested for civil disobedience for violating Alabama State segregation laws. 60 years ago today

01/12/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine passes law outlawing discrimination against gay workers

After several failed attempts, Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a bill that bans discrimination against gay workers – a pre-condition for the

12/11/2015

Europe News

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the

29/10/2015

Germany

Germany's interior minister says migrant crisis has two faces

Migrants not needing protection in Europe will be sent back home. The warning from Germany’s interior minister Thomas de Maiziere, who says the

22/10/2015

United Kingdom

British government under fire from human rights activists over Chinese president visit

Protests against the Chinese President’s visit to the UK have so far been small, but vocal. Those turning out to chant and wave banners in London

20/10/2015

Angola

Detained Angolan rapper blames president for his hunger strike

The Angolan rapper and activist Luaty Beirao who has been on hunger strike since September 21 in protest at his arrest is said to be deteriorating

19/10/2015

World News

EU top court rules in favour of privacy activist

The EU’s highest court has ruled in favour of an Austrian law student who claims that a trans-Atlantic data protection agreement doesn’t protect

06/10/2015

Sweden

Saving the world from hate, nuclear apocalypse, climate change and war

01/10/2015

Europe News

Disabled people protest for more rights

Hundreds of people with disabilities have protested outside the EU institutions in Brussels. The protest was organised by the European Network on

30/09/2015

World News

Honduran priest Padre Melo wins Rafto human rights prize

Norway’s prestigious Rafto Prize for human rights has been awarded to the Honduran priest and radio activist Padre Melo for his defence of freedom of

24/09/2015

China

Nobel Prize Laureates urge Obama to advocate release of Chinese dissident

A group of twelve Nobel Laureates have asked Obama to advocate the release of one of their fellows.

24/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia to execute Shi'ite over anti-government protest

23/09/2015

USA

US court rules transgender person cannot be deported to Mexico

A transgender person from Mexico who suffered years of abuse there has been granted the right to stay in the United States by a US appeals court

05/09/2015

Czech Republic

Czech police marking refugees directly on their skin

Officials in the Czech Republic are facing an outcry from human rights activists over their police writing on refugees’ arms. The refugees were

03/09/2015

Europe News

Judges tell Italy to respect migrants' human rights

Judges in Strasbourg have said Italy violated the human rights of three undocumented Tunisian migrants who fled the unrest of the Arab Spring four

01/09/2015

France

European court upholds Italy law against embryo research

Thursday (August 27) saw the European Court of Human Rights uphold an Italian law against the donation of human embryos for scientific research. By

28/08/2015

USA

US can't lecture on human rights, says Jesse Jackson

25/08/2015

Syria

UN gay rights hearing: 'If Islamic State didn't get me, my family would'

24/08/2015

USA

US civil rights icon Julian Bond dies aged 75

American civil rights activist Julian Bond has died at the age of 75. Bond co-founded the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee in the 1960s

16/08/2015