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A human rights watchdog has warned that rights are at risk over “inaccurate interpretation and implementation” of the Supreme Court’s ruling…

EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression

Exclusive: Racial Justice Centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy’s Falafel

The Scottish Government has come under criticism in recent months for the continuing financial support it provides to companies involved in the arms…

The Greens have urged Labor to stop supplying F-35 parts to a global supply chain accessed by Israel – while the government has criticised ‘misinformation’

COMMENT: An annual global human rights report from the US state department has declared that freedom of speech is under threat in the UK. The British are too polite to tell the Trump administration what we really think about that – but I’m not, writes Sean O’Grady

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said the health board has admitted it failed to carry out an equality impact assessment previously.

COMMENT: What human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger saw at the Palestine Action demonstration in Parliament Square was not public order policing – it was the suppression of lawful dissent, and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable people to send a chilling message: no cause is now safe from criminalisation

USAID funding cuts have given Myanmar’s military rulers ‘carte blanche’ to escalate human rights abuses