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Human rights expert says US companies trap workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on food stamps and Medicaid

After the Israeli military struck Gaza's largest refugee camp for a second straight day, the UN warned that the strikes on the densely populated residential area "could amount to war crimes". Those attacks came even as the humanitarian situation in Gaza continued to worsen. Sari Bashi, Program Director at Human…

Mahsa Yazdani convicted of blasphemy and ‘insulting supreme leader’ as Iran regime targets families of those killed in protests

A new report from the United Nations says Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year

Human rights expert says UN must hold Israel accountable for its military actions in Gaza.

The human rights campaign group called for it to be scrapped.

Prof Ben Saul cautions that exceeding the limits of international law only breeds extremism and discontent, and is no recipe for peace

Group accuses programme of encouraging ‘thought policing’ and being incompatible with international human rights

Progressive lawmakers and human rights organizations amped up calls for a ceasefire after the bombing