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On 5 June, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced to launch a statutory inquiry into racial inequalities, which have been exposed amidst a surge of COVID-19 cases in the UK. The human rights watchdog's investigation was to provide evidence-based information, compelled from government departments and organizations. [46]
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The act has been criticized by Human Rights Watch as a "tool of state abuse, oppression and discrimination". [4] The South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre argues that the governments' call for increased force is part of the problem. [5] "This reasoning exemplifies the vicious cycle which has been instituted in the North East due to the ...
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic recently issued its final After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is an exhaustive 557-page document covering almost every aspect ...
Human rights organization Reprieve reports that Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year. ( First Post ) At least 21 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a series of violent incidents in Mozambique following the previous day's confirmation by the high court of Daniel Chapo as the winning presidential candidate in the recent election .
The High Commissioner for Human Rights has consistently warned of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights, especially for the most vulnerable, beginning in March 2020. On 6 March, the High Commissioner appealed for business to put rights "front and centre" when implementing preventative measures to avoid impacting the ...
The country also has an independent judiciary [1] [2] as well as bodies to look into issues of human rights. [3] The 2016 report of Human Rights Watch accepts the above-mentioned facilities but goes to state that India has "serious human rights concerns. Civil society groups face harassment and government critics face intimidation and lawsuits ...
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. Israel ...