# human-rights - Sunday 12 March, 2017
# World War II
# World War II
Around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII.
# human-rights - Wednesday 22 February, 2017
# New World Order
# New World Order
Amnesty has attacked “the cynical use of ‘us vs. them’ narrative”.
# human-rights - Friday 20 January, 2017
# Column
# Column
For those of us who care deeply about freedom and human rights, there has never been a more vital moment for activism, writes Colm O’Gorman.
# human-rights - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
# Life Means Life
# Life Means Life
Arthur Hutchinson killed three people and repeatedly raped a woman.
# human-rights - Tuesday 10 January, 2017
# Anders Behring Breivik
# Anders Behring Breivik
Breivik has a three-cell complex where he can play video games and watch television on two sets.
# human-rights - Saturday 31 December, 2016
# Peace
# Peace
The UN Security Council approves the Russian-drafted resolution on the Syria ceasefire.
# human-rights - Tuesday 27 December, 2016
# Child Workers
# Child Workers
Children in Dhaka can be expected to work long hours for little money to help support their families.
# human-rights - Wednesday 14 December, 2016
# Leon Wright
# Leon Wright
‘It is a mark of true sincerity, therefore, for politicians to take up unpopular causes like that of Leon Wright,’ writes author Frankie Gaffney.
# Garry Kasparov
# Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov was arrested for peaceful protests on several occasions, the court found.
# human-rights - Friday 9 December, 2016
# UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
# UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
Ireland has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but we are the only EU state that hasn’t ratified it, writes Kathleen O’Meara.
# human-rights - Friday 25 November, 2016
# Equality
# Equality
After a long-fought campaign, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he supported the recognition of Traveller ethnicity this week.
# human-rights - Saturday 5 November, 2016
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
It told the UN this week that it doesn’t tolerate such discrimination.
# human-rights - Friday 14 October, 2016
# Martin Naughton
# Martin Naughton
Martin Naughton has died at the age of 62.
# human-rights - Monday 22 August, 2016
# Twin Cities
# Twin Cities
Officials in the country have yet to reply to an offer from the Finglas Village Renewal Partnership.
# human-rights - Friday 19 August, 2016
# Planted Weapons
# Planted Weapons
It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in Mexico’s decade-long campaign against drug gangs.
# human-rights - Thursday 18 August, 2016
# Five Years Of War
# Five Years Of War
Many people witnessed prisoners dying in custody and some described being held in cells alongside dead bodies.
# human-rights - Monday 1 August, 2016
# Mother And Baby Home
# Mother And Baby Home
The survivor who wants to bring the case said that it had taken 23 years to get to this point.
# human-rights - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
# Amnesty International
# Amnesty International
A new report shows that hundreds of students, political activists and protesters have vanished.
# human-rights - Wednesday 6 July, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
After three years and 14 trial delays, it’s time for the government to intervene fully, writes MEP Lynn Boylan.
# human-rights - Thursday 30 June, 2016
# UN Abortion Case
# UN Abortion Case
The Health Minister also revealed that he wishes Ireland would allow for abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormalities.
# human-rights - Friday 17 June, 2016
# Progress Report
# Progress Report
173 recommendations for improving the Direct Provision system were put forward last year.
# human-rights - Monday 13 June, 2016
# Special Status
# Special Status
The vast majority of those who replied are in favour.
# human-rights - Saturday 11 June, 2016
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
The 22-year-old says she was drugged and raped but she is being held on suspicion of adultery.
# human-rights - Thursday 9 June, 2016
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
The UN’s Human Rights Commission says Ireland must stop this situation happening.
# human-rights - Friday 13 May, 2016
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
Ibrahim Halawa’s trial is expected to take place at the end of June, nearly three years after he was imprisoned.
# human-rights - Wednesday 11 May, 2016
# Judgment Day
# Judgment Day
We’re likely to receive a hammering on issues including abortion, disabilities, Traveller rights, education and homelessness.
# human-rights - Thursday 3 March, 2016
# Assassination
# Assassination
The mother of four previously had an around-the-clock guard but recently switched to an occasional security detail.
# human-rights - Saturday 23 January, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Alex Dunne has been in the West Bank for over 40 days now, collecting stories of stories of military incursions, night raids, and settler attacks.
# human-rights - Wednesday 13 January, 2016
# Delete Delete Delete
# Delete Delete Delete
The ruling comes after a Romanian engineer was fired over private Yahoo Messenger chats.
# human-rights - Tuesday 5 January, 2016
# Norway
# Norway
He killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011.
# human-rights - Sunday 3 January, 2016
# Churchill's Sneeze
# Churchill's Sneeze
Apparently women drivers could “undermine social values”.
# human-rights - Friday 18 December, 2015
# Mass Displacement
# Mass Displacement
One out of every 122 humans alive today is someone who has been forced to flee their home.
# human-rights - Thursday 10 December, 2015
# Pragmatic Baptism
# Pragmatic Baptism
One in five people know someone who has baptised their child just to get them into the local school.
# human-rights - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
# Sponsored By IHREC
# Sponsored By IHREC
One in five Irish people say they don’t understand their human rights under Irish law.
# Switzerland
# Switzerland
The girl and her ‘husband’ were seeking asylum.
# human-rights - Monday 30 November, 2015
# Landmark Ruling
# Landmark Ruling
“It does not protect morals to export the problem to another jurisdiction and then turn a blind eye.”
# human-rights - Monday 9 November, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Abortion is a sensitive subject., but there are many reasons why the laws need to be overhauled, writes Julien Mercille.
# human-rights - Tuesday 3 November, 2015
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
An undocumented teenager says she doesn’t want handouts, just the chance to reach her full potential.
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
The killing happened in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan.
# human-rights - Sunday 1 November, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Mary Lawlor recounts the experiences of three frontline defenders and the most common dangers they face defending human rights.
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