Rene Saguisag, a human rights lawyer and former senator, defended victims of abuses during the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and was an ardent human rights advocate in the ensuing years. He died ...

Former President Jimmy Carter has a complex legacy from his time in the White House, but what he did after he left Washington D.C. might just be his most important work of all. Greenland Voters ...

The Human Rights Campaign removed Anheuser ... highest equality score designated by the Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group. The group has since removed this ...

For Jeremy Helfgot, human rights advocacy is not just a professional pursuit; it's a deeply personal mission rooted in his family's history and life experiences. “I was essentially born into the ...

“I want to get out from under the burden of this conviction so I can practice my profession again and do my human rights advocacy all over the world,” he says, “including on behalf of the ...

It can use its presence to put Azerbaijan’s dictatorship on the spot and shift the focus to the regime’s abysmal record on human rights. Before COP29 begins in November, Secretary of State ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzanian police have arrested prominent human rights activists from Kenya and Uganda who had ...

Pope Francis, the trailblazing Catholic leader known for his human-rights advocacy and sharp political edge, died Monday, April 21, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa ...

The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison ...

digital rights and human rights advocacy,” Vo said. Vo sees this opportunity as a way to deepen her understanding of the region and gain practical experience advocating for free expression. “Learning ...

More information: The "First daughter" effect: Human rights advocacy and attitudes toward gender equality in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, PLoS ONE (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298812 ...

human rights advocacy, and training programs. The ultimate aim of the Project is to advocate, in collaboration with affected families and communities, for fundamental changes that will introduce ...