By becoming an arbiter of free speech, Facebook is stepping in where governments won’t

Media platforms constantly make judgements about appropriate speech, and Facebook’s global reach gives its Oversight Board tremendous influence.

Wendy H Wong, The Conversation

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Nicholas Weller, The Conversation

· Mar 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Explained: What the UK court ruling allowing Shamima Begum to return means

In 2015, Begum left Britain as a 15-year-old to purportedly join the Islamic State in Syria.

Devyani Prabhat, The Conversation

· Jul 20, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa was captured by Indian Coast Guard in 2018, says UK court

The Indian government did not react to the case and the allegations that Sheikha Latifa was captured on the instructions of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Makt.

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· Mar 08, 2020 · 01:07 pm

In nearly half of the world’s countries, slavery has not yet been criminalised

De facto slavery, where a person holds power over another akin to ownership, still exists.

Katarina Schwarz, The Conversation

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Jean Allain, The Conversation

· Feb 17, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Human Rights Day 2019: History, the women who shaped the UDHR and theme

On 10th December in the year 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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· Dec 10, 2019 · 08:59 am

China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to justify its actions in Xinjiang

A group of 37 countries, including North Korea, Russia and Saudia Arabia, signed a letter in support of Beijing’s human rights record.

Abbas Faiz, The Conversation

· Jul 23, 2019 · 11:30 pm

The global Rohingya diaspora is a critical ally for those still fighting in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Emigrants can provide resources, time and capital to those in refugee camps.

Yuriko Cowper-Smith, The Conversation

· Jul 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Aadhaar critic Usha Ramanathan named Human Rights ‘Hero’ for campaign against biometric ID scheme

Ramanathan has written and spoken extensively against the privacy, security and exclusionary risks of the biometric identity scheme.

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· Jun 10, 2019 · 07:54 am

US condemns reports about Iran sentencing human rights lawyer to 38 years in prison, 148 lashes

Amnesty International demanded Nasrin Sotoudeh’s immediate release and a quashing of her sentence.

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· Mar 13, 2019 · 04:44 pm

TN activist goes missing after accusing police of orchestrating last year’s Thoothukudi violence

In a complaint to the Chennai DGP on Sunday, human rights body says it fears that S Mugilan was abducted from a train while he was on his way to Madurai.

S Senthalir

· Feb 18, 2019 · 07:30 am

Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir wins United Nations Human Rights Prize posthumously

Tanzanian activist Rebeca Gyumi, Brazilian activist Joênia Wapichana and human rights organisation FrontLine Defenders were the other recipients.

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· Oct 26, 2018 · 04:52 pm

India wins seat at United Nations Human Rights Council

India will be a member of the council for three years, starting January 1, 2019.

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· Oct 12, 2018 · 10:04 pm