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Europe human rights watchdog call for UK ban on children doing paper rounds

European Committee of Social Rights suggests UK to ban children paper rounds. It says newspaper deli...

Feb 01, 2016 01:44 AM EST

Police Drop Kids Company Abuse Investigation Over Insufficient Evidence, Angles

The Scottland police department dropped the case of Kids Company for lack of evidence and insufficie...

Jan 29, 2016 05:41 AM EST

European Court rules mass surveillance infringes basic human rights

European Court of Human Rights ruled in a Hungary case that mass surveillance law infringes the righ...

Jan 24, 2016 10:17 AM EST

Judge says UK terrorism law contradicts human rights legislation

British appeal court rules that the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 contradicts European human rights legisl...

Jan 20, 2016 01:42 AM EST

Anglican Church imposed sanctions to US Episcopalian Church over same-sex marriage

Anglican leaders temporarily restricted the role of the U.S. Episcopal Church in their global fellow...

Jan 15, 2016 11:23 PM EST

China arrests prominent human rights lawyers on subversion charges

China has formally arrested the most prominent rights lawyer, Wang Yu, and five other human rights l...

Jan 14, 2016 01:18 AM EST

Human Rights Violations Continue in Sri Lanka, Rights Advocates Said

While the election of Maithripala Sirisena brings hope for a more humane Sri Lanka, the fact that th...

Jan 11, 2016 08:43 AM EST

New York City settles lawsuits over illegal Muslim surveillance by NYPD

The New York Police Department will tighten safeguards against illegal surveillance of Muslims in se...

Jan 08, 2016 07:25 PM EST

China Human Rights Lawyer Guilty: Three-Year Suspended Sentence Over Posts

Chinese human rights, Pu Zhiqiang, receives a Three-year suspended sentence over internet posts seen...

Dec 22, 2015 07:09 AM EST

UK’s Immigration Bill Will Make Trafficking Victims Hesitant to Come Forward; Bad for Migrants?

UK’s Immigration Bill will likely make it harder for undocumented migrants. Trafficking victimes m...

Dec 21, 2015 09:59 AM EST

Michigan Supreme Court Re-evaluating its Laws about the Punishments Sex Offenders Get; Other States Follow Suit

Michigan Supreme Court is assessing whther to change their laws about sex crimes. Other states are d...

Dec 21, 2015 06:55 AM EST

Putin signs law allowing Russia to overturn rulings of international rights courts

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether o...

Dec 15, 2015 09:41 PM EST

Trial of China rights lawyer lasts three hours, police block court access

The trial of one of China's most high profile human rights lawyers, on charges of inciting ethnic ha...

Dec 14, 2015 03:15 AM EST

U.N. envoy says Russia-North Korea deportation pact puts refugees at risk

An extradition treaty signed by Russia and North Korea could be used to send back defectors from the...

Nov 26, 2015 09:59 PM EST

China security chief calls for greater 'de-radicalization' efforts

China needs to deepen its fight against separatists, intensify "de-radicalization" efforts, and incr...

Nov 17, 2015 03:04 AM EST

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