Sudanese refugee advocate wins international human rights award

Abdul Aziz Muhamat, a Sudanese refugee was honoured with the 2019 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in Geneva on 13th of...

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang sentenced in China

A court in Tianjin, a city in northern China has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to 4 1/2 years in prison for subversion...

Remedying a Greek Tragedy

In a small corner of Athens in Greece, everyday, a group of migrant women gather- not to formulate protests or prepare speeches, but to teach.

Classes range from se...

Stopping the Red-Light District

Prostitution, called the oldest profession in the world is making new news today as questions regarding its moral, ethical and legal issues are being debated over.

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A New Corporate Benchmark For Human Rights

There needs to be specific grids that periodically track government and sector-specific companies on business and human rights parameters I would like to propose an item fo...

Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

Following the success of their anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, father-and-son team Anthony and Ben Holden, working with Amnesty International, have asked the same ...

How Satellites Are Being Used To Expose Human Rights Abuses

It was the satellite images showing recently disturbed ground that seemed to provide the final confirmation. There was an increasing amount of evidence to indicate that the...

“Human Rights Activists Working To Achieve Gandhi’s Objective”

Human rights activists were working in post-independent India towards achieving Mahatma Gandhi’s objective of freedom from economic and social slavery, said P.V. Raja...

David Bowie's Charity Legacy

David Bowie has left a legacy of inspiration, and without doubt made the world a better place. “David Bowie was an icon and an inspiration for us all, “Keep sai...