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civil rights

January 11, 2021

UN concern at violations of civil and political rights in Viet Nam

An increasing number of independent journalists, bloggers, online commentators and human rights defenders are being arbitrarily detained.
October 2, 2020

New York Police 'planned assault' on Bronx protesters

New York City police planned the assault and mass arrests of peaceful protesters, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
March 11, 2020

Water supply restored to thousands of Detroit families while COVID-19 a threat

Thousands of Detroit families have lost access to clean running water because they could not afford to pay for it.
December 10, 2019

Surrendering to far-right fanaticism in India and UK

In India, the Supreme Court has rewarded far right violence in an attempt to keep
August 16, 2019

Paraguay must investigate human rights violations in context of agrochemical fumigations, says UN

The landmark decision recognises the link between severe harms to the environment and the enjoyment of core civil and political rights.
August 11, 2019

Colombia gives citizenship to thousands of Venezuelan children

Save the Children has welcomed the decision by the Colombian government to end the statelessness of some 24,000 children of Venezuelan parents, by granting them citizenship.
February 28, 2019

Patrick Finucane Supreme Court ruling welcomed

Patrick Finucane, a prominent civil rights lawyer, was shot 14 times by loyalist paramilitaries at his Belfast home in 1989.
October 29, 2018

Mass expulsions from Angola have put thousands of Congolese at risk, says UN

There are reports that security forces in Angola used excessive force in their operations to deport the Congolese nationals.
October 7, 2018

Amnesty warning on human rights in Northern Ireland

Amnesty International has warned that human rights are still being denied in Northern Ireland, and are at further risk after Brexit.
September 25, 2018

Saudi human rights defenders win Right Livelihood Award

Three Saudi Arabian civil and human rights defenders have won the award widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’.