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US sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations
The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights ...
2 N.B. students only Canadians to compete in 2025 human rights, law competition in Switzerland
Two St. Thomas University students will represent Canada as one of 24 teams chosen to compete at an international human ...
Olympic champ Semenya did not get a fair hearing in sex eligibility case, human rights court rules
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her ...
Olympic champ Caster Semenya did not get a fair hearing in sex eligibility case, human rights court rules
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday in ...
German foreign minister expresses concern about human rights under Taliban
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday that Berlin was only in technical contact with representatives of ...
Critics slam Mexico’s gentrification protests as xenophobic. Activists say they’re fighting for their human rights
The anti-gentrification rallies in Mexico City mirror protests that have erupted in cities like Barcelona and Paris against ...
US imposing sanctions on senior UN official focused on Palestinian human rights
The US is imposing sanctions against a senior UN official focused on the human rights of Palestinians, US Secretary of State ...
Desirée Cormier Smith, Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez and Beth Van Schaack : A plan to take human rights off the table at the State Department
What a difference eight years make. During President Trump’s first term, then-Sen. Marco Rubio pushed the president to expand ...
Peru's new amnesty law for human rights abuses sparks anger and international appeal
LIMA, Peru — Lawyers for victims of human rights abuses during Peru’s armed conflict vowed to appeal to international bodies Thursday to knock down an amnesty law passed by the country’s Congress the ...
Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis
Latin America’s top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...