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Worcester Human Rights Committee chair, vice chair not reappointed amid tensions with city
The board is in charge of advocating for the rights of the city's residents. They've also been critical of how the ...
Attack on MSF Hospital in South Sudan Was Deliberate, U.N Rights Commission Says
NAIROBI (Reuters) -A bombing attack on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital and pharmacy in South Sudan over the weekend was ...
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Worcester human rights commissioners who criticized city leadership won't be reappointed
WORCESTER ― The top two leaders of the city's Human Rights Commission – the volunteer board that has been critical of the ...
Human rights body finds border agents’ actions in death at California-Mexico border ‘constituted acts of torture’
This week, in a first-of-its-kind decision, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agreed, finding that federal law ...
Human rights panel finds border agents’ actions in San Ysidro death ‘constituted acts of torture’
This week, in a first-of-its-kind decision, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights agreed, finding that federal law ...
Human rights commission urges monitoring of Brazil’s flood recovery efforts
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling for a permanent monitoring system to track Brazil’s compliance with ...
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Worcester Human Rights Commissioners say city manager refused to reappoint them
For over a year, the Worcester Human Rights Commission has complained that City Manager Eric Batista is hindering its ...
Haryana Human Rights Commission orders investigation into boy’s assault in Gurgaon’s school for 3 weeks
Gurgaon: The Haryana Human Rights Commission has ordered an independent inquiry into a case where a minor student endured 20 ...
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NBA demands probe on alleged human rights violations at Kano correctional facility
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called for an unfiltered investigation into the alleged human rights abuses taking ...
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ECOWAS Court renews pledge to safeguard rights of women, children
Explore how ECOWAS is dedicated to protecting women's and children's rights across West Africa amid systemic challenges.
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Kerala Human Rights Commission directs setting up medical team to probe recent rabies deaths
Justice Alexander Thomas, Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, has issued an order to appoint a medical team under the ...
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Rights Groups Sound the Alarm to the United Nations on the United States’ Disappearances of Migrants and Systematic Human Rights Violations
Fifteen immigrants’ rights organizations have submitted urgent reports to the United Nations and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, raising the alarm over systematic and grave human rights ...