Human Rights and Human Rights Violations

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Marching for Human Rights
by Jocelyn Thomas Franciscan Friars Holy Name Provence
European Court of Human Rights rules on climate change cases
by Christopher Wells Vatican News
The Week In Rights
by Human Rights Watch LinkedIn
Education, faith leaders denounce planned Satan club at Tennessee elementary school
by The Associated Press/ABC News
Human rights leaders call for Nigeria to be redesignated as religious freedom violator
by Joe Burkis Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
Weaponized Water in Yemen
by Human Rights Watch
The Declaration of Human Rights is for all
by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Vietnam: Human rights defender freed from prison
by Independent Catholic News
Guatemalan Bishops decry violation of human rights in migrant centres
by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
European court: Russia violated human rights by not legally recognizing gay unions
by Tyler Arnold Catholic News Agency
Jailed Catholic Belarusian human rights activist receives Nobel Peace Prize
by Filip Mazurczak The Catholic World Report
Defending children's human rights on the Internet
by Father Shay Cullen Independent Catholic News
Flemish Bishops’ Document Undermines the Spiritual Quest of Homosexual People, Belgian Theologians Warn
by Solène Tadié National Catholic Register
Belgium violated right to life in euthanasia case, European Court of Human Rights rules
by Anian Christoph Wimmer Catholic News Agency/Angelus
China: Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang
by Human Rights Watch
UN Warning Over Rising Death Toll and Rights Violations in Haiti
by The Associated Press/The Skanner
Pakistan: Kidnappings, forced conversions are ‘human rights issue’
by Aid to the Church in Need
EU Parliament urges Vatican to defend human rights in Hong Kong
by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Catholic University awards honorary degree to imprisoned human rights advocate Jimmy Lai
by Catholic News Agency
UK-Rwanda asylum deal raises human rights concerns
by Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Japan’s PM tells Vatican of concern about human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang
by Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency
Colombia: Mining company under fire from parliamentarians over human rights
by Claudia Navarro Independent Catholic News
UK-Rwanda asylum deal raises human rights concerns
by Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Nicaragua bishop warns that without human rights, ‘ugliness, sadness and death’ reign
by Inés San Martín Crux
Monday Starter: Sisters lead charge to hold Microsoft accountable on human rights and privacy
by Soli Salgado Global Sisters Report
Holy See: Stop human rights violations at sea
by Linda Bordon Vatican News
Human Rights Activist: Christians in Myanmar Are Suffering Amid Crackdown
by Catholic News Agency, National Catholic Register
Japan Demands $900k Per Person From North Korea for Human Rights Abuses
by Mary Ellen Cagnassol Newsweek/
Human Rights in an uncertain world
by Myron J. Pereira La Croix International
Australian teens to address UN Human Rights Council
by Cath News
Priest follows footsteps of St Aidan to support vulnerable refugees
by Daniel Sweeney Independent Catholic News
Keeping refugee advocacy alive
by Andrew Hamilton Eureka Street
China, Canada spar at UN body over human rights failings
by James Keaten The Associated Press
Bishops protest at human rights violations, violence in Holy Land
by Independent Catholic News
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
by Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor U.S. Departmetn of States/We Hold these Truths
Pope Francis Supports Human Rights Defenders
by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Archbishop Gallagher to UN: Inalienable human rights must be defended
by Fr Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade
by Aamer Madhan The Associated Press
Couple receive 77 lashes for gay sex in Indonesia Rights groups condemn punishment against men carried out in front of their parents
by Katharina Reny Lestari UCA News
China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group Human Rights Watch lists persecutions in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and Hong Kong but notes new willingness to condemn Beijing
by Helen Davidson The Guardian
Inter-American Human Rights Commission to look into clerical sexual abuse
by Inés San Martín Crux
Spanish ‘Hosts Case’ Reveals Europe’s Internal Divisions Over Human Rights
by Solène Tadié National Catholic Register
Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe speak out for first time on human rights abuses
by Nyasha Chingono The Guardian
Kenya Turns Its Covid-19 Crisis into a Human Rights Emergency
by April Zhu NYR Review
Pompeo's rights commission delivers an implicit critique of Trump
by Mark Silk Religion News Service
Australia: Call for Rio Tinto to be stripped of human rights ranking after destruction of sacred site
by Independent Catholic News
Philippines under microscope for culture of impunity. UN Human Rights Council takes President Duterte to task over human rights record
by Mary Aileen D. BacalsoUCA News
Hong Kong: Beijing passes National Security Law amid fears for human rights
by Independent Catholic News
UN: torturers must never get away with their crimes
by Vatican News
Should Turkey extend the release of prisoners to journalists and human rights activists, who were arbitrarily detained?
by We Hold These Truths
State Department examines human rights issues in China, Myanmar, elsewhere
by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/Crux
State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Report
by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Registers
Human Rights Defenders Killed in 2020 in Colombia - Bishops express "immense pain and concern..."
by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World
Bishop Kome of Cameroon says Human Rights have been Violated based on Report and calls for More Freedom
by Catholic News World
Food, Shelter, and Clothing are Basic Human Rights
by Fr. Matthew Schneider Patheos
Human Rights Day: Caritas Europa invites EU to leave no one behind
by Vatican News
Nicaraguan Church leaders call out Ortega regime for human rights abuses
by Inés San Martín Crux
Kin of Philippine drug war victims appeal for UN help
by Marielle Lucenio UCANews.com
The Fourth of July, The Declaration of Independence, and Human Rights
by Henry Karlson Patheos\
Archbishop Auza at UN Stresses Need to Include the Elderly. Older Persons Disproportionately Impacted by Many Burdens
by Zenit Staff Zenit
Human rights and Catholic social teaching
by Jesuits in Ireland
El Mozote Massacre investigators to receive human rights award
by Maria Benevento National Catholic Reporter
Human rights and Catholic social teaching
by Jesuits in Ireland
Zimbabwe bishops collect data on human rights violations
by Catholic News Service/Crux
Holy See dissatisfied Poland climate summit downplayed human rights by Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency/Angelus
Pope calls for universal respect for human rights
by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/ UCANews.com
The sorry state of human rights in the Philippines
by Mary Aileen D. Bacalso La Croix International
Archbishop Gallagher Stresses Human Rights at OSCE Meeting
by Jim Fair Zerit
Human rights advocates: UN must address Chinese internment camps
by Catholic News Agency/ Angelus
Analysis: Benedict XVI’s unpublished letter—God is key to understanding human rights
by Andrea Gagliarducc, Catholic News Agency
Marching for Human Rights by Jocelyn Thomas Franciscan Friars Holy Name Provence
A Death in Guatemala (Monsignor Juan José Gerardi Conedera)
by Judith Berry
Why North Korea's Human Rights Abuses are Being Ignored
by Min hee and JoQuinn Marschik The National Interest