Human rights
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Letters: Why express surprise at the failures? Tackling a global phenomenon such as war crimes and genocide is never going to be easy
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Special rapporteur ‘concerned’ by grand juries’ decisions on deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and calls for review of rules for police use of lethal force
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As Iguala incident and growing inequality fuel national security crisis, human rights minister describes student disappearances as ‘wake-up call’ to country
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Call for investigation comes after Ireland asks ECHR to revise 1978 ruling that says 14 suspects were not tortured by British army
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Host cities and countries should be held to minimum standards on human rights by the IOC
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How the garment industry and consumers can bring about a change in the sweatshop conditions endured by workers in developing countries
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Judge quashes ban on sending books to prisoners and orders justice secretary Chris Grayling to amend policy
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Rights groups brought case against GCHQ after Snowden revelations on extent of electronic surveillance in UK and US
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Activists concerned over Joko Widodo’s human rights stance as government presses ahead with death penalties
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Owner of Tommy the chimp tells Guardian case is ‘ridiculous’ but attorney for Nonhuman Rights Project likely to continue appeal
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Letters: Martin Luther King acknowledged the education he got from women, including black welfare mothers who opposed the Vietnam war and influenced his boldest action
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The ISC suggests internet companies can detect terrorist behaviour in the same way as search engines detect child abuse images. But these are very different technical undertakings
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Demonstrations were held in New York and other cities around the US last night after a grand jury refused to indict the police officer who placed the unarmed black man in a chokehold
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Press freedom group says charges are bogus
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Child born with lifelong damage after excessive drinking by mother is not entitled to criminal injuries compensation, court rules
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The long read: Many believe that international human rights law is one of our greatest moral achievements. But there is little evidence that it is effective. A radically different approach is long overdue
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Tatyana Gavrilova was convicted of murder in 1999. On her release from prison she spoke to MediaZona about ongoing abuse inside the country’s notorious penal system – and her determination to fight to improve the rights of inmates
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Unrest seizes Australian-run detention centre as protesters claim they suffer under ‘catastrophic conditions’ and are treated like ‘slaves’
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Indigenous advocates accuse Coalition of hiding behind technicalities in its dismissal of HRC report that says jailing the not-guilty men indefinitely breaches human rights
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Ex-attorney general exposes rifts among Tories between those who want to reform human rights court and those keen to exit it
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Businesses are being asked to take more and more responsibility for protecting human rights. Does this let governments off the hook?
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Why are people with disabilities being denied their right to food?
Rachele Tardi and Hilal ElverRachele Tardi and Hilal Elver: On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it’s time to reassert that everyone should have equal access to food -
After 20 years, murder still haunts journalism in the Middle East
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The booming global mining industry is encroaching on farmland for marginalised people, how can NGOs protect them? Writes Caspar van Vark
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Government dismisses Human Rights Commission findings that it breached human rights by allowing the men to be incarcerated in the Northern Territory
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Government tells asylum seekers they will receive only temporary protection in Australia, even though legislation to establish the visas has yet to pass
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He is fined for ‘examining’ 1971 war statistics
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Court ruled in 1978 that Britain was guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of 14 prisoners but not torture
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Supreme court hears that Met unit tracking John Catt, 89, did not violate campaigner’s privacy when logging his activities
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A month after foreign visitors are barred because of Ebola fears, dprktoday.com tries to lure tourists with pictures of smiling children and short-range missiles
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‘We are talking about … human hurt of such intensity it’s impossible to imagine,’ former governor general says in interview discussing her role leading a Queensland taskforce
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Celebrate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Wednesday 10 December with a selection of lesson plans and teaching resources
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Government launches strategy to end slavery as number of victims found to be up to four times higher than thought
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Yang Maodong forced into lengthy hearing without food as Beijing government broadens its crackdown on dissent
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We can’t be complacent about pregnant women’s rights in Britain