Does EU-Vietnam free trade break provisions on human rights?
The rationale of the EU affixing human rights conditions to free trade agreements has again been called into question after rights groups filed a complaint over Vietnam's crackdown on human rights ...
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India: NGOs call on the European Union to take action on urgent human rights concerns
Ahead of the College of Commissioners’ visit to India on 27 and 28 February 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and 11 other NGOs urge European Union (EU) leaders to step up ...
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"Release them now!": Joint statement on the detention of Turkish journalists
In a joint statement, 17 press freedom and human rights organisations, including the Observatory, a partnership of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against ...
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Kyrgyzstan: Address Death Threats Against Imprisoned Journalist
Kyrgyzstani authorities should urgently take all necessary measures to ensure the ongoing safety and security of an ...
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Kyrgyzstan urged to ensure safety of imprisoned human rights defender
International Partnership for Human Rights, Front Line Defenders, Araminta, International Federation for Human Rights, within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights ...
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Investigating human rights violations in Ukraine is necessary, Romanian foreign minister says
Romanian foreign minister Emil Hurezeanu stated at the High-Level Segment of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva that strengthening mechanisms for investigating human ...
EU, Israel restart dialogue as calls to review cooperation deal are muted
Human rights organisations say the bloc's failure to reconsider its trade and political ties with Israel amounts to ...
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Rights groups slam EU for ignoring Israeli violations, holding Partnership Council meeting
All possible alarms are sounding, yet the EU turns a blind eye, acting as if nothing is happening in Israel,' says vice president of International Federation for Human Rights All possible alarms ...
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World Day of Social Justice: workers’ rights are human rights
On 19 November 2024, Carol was sentenced to four years and five months’ imprisonment under the sweeping National Security Law, convicted—along with dozens of other pro-democracy figures—of “conspiracy ...
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Joint Letter to Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council on the Repression of Civic Space in Algeria
The Algerian authorities have maintained their repression of civic space through a brutal crackdown on the rights to freedom ...
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Does EU-Vietnam free trade break provisions on human rights?
NHAC NGUYEN/AFP/Getty Images The International Federation for Human Rights, and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), filed a complaint to the European Commission ...
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Saudi Mission to Geneva Organizes Seminar on Tolerance, Inclusivity in Sports
The Kingdom’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, in collaboration with the ...