Tag: rights
![Rights groups ask for halt to Brazzaville conservation funding to stop oil exploration | News24](https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/11606/ef0e14d29d0e4629859c2a05cdcb69ef.jpg)
Rights groups are asking funders to stop supporting conservation efforts in a Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)…
![Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AFP__20240323__34M74YU__v1__HighRes__TaiwanHongKongChinaPoliticsProtest-1711209138.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong, despite growing international…
![Namaqualand communities call for moratorium on all new mining rights | News24](https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/11486/44b9c27a600b413cbf33c99edef01d3b.jpg)
Shereen Fortuin, a community leader from Concordia, leads a march through Springbok in the…
![US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24039616033541-1711095178.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington says Morales Urbina “used her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent.”…
![Thursday’s weather: Storms, heatwaves to persist in multiple provinces for Human Rights Day | News24](https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/11226/9a036bd0629244fbb184721a7fbb1635.jpg)
Severe thunderstorms and heatwaves have been forecast for some parts of the country. (Sarayut…
![Countries ‘reaching beyond borders’ to silence dissidents: Rights group](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-03-31T102005Z_65556168_RC2MDT9QRDIR_RTRMADP_3_SAUDI-KHASHOGGI-TURKEY.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
According to Human Rights Watch, “cross-border repression” is being used against journalists, political opponents and…
![Venezuela orders suspension of UN rights office, gives staff days to leave](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-01-25T140231Z_241584006_RC21P5AKIUE8_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-GUYANA-1708026699.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Earlier this week, the UN agency expressed “deep concern” over the detention of prominent human…
![$900 fine for a delivery rider’s death: Do couriers have any rights?](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1238267200-1705505919.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The death of a motorcycle courier in a traffic accident in Istanbul and the lenient…
![US Senate rejects bid to tie Israeli security aid to human rights](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-13T065737Z_586073103_RC2UG5AOUXUH_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-1705162947.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Senators overwhelmingly rejected the resolution, which could have imposed conditions on billions of dollars the…