Human Rights

EFF Busts Podcasting Patent, Invalidating Key Claims at Patent Office

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) invalidated key claims in the so-called “podcasting patent” after a petition for review from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)—a decision that significantly curtails the ability of a patent troll to...

Israel's use of administrative detention against Palestinians draws concern of UN rights office

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OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.

UN official on 'urgent' mission to besieged Yarmouk refugee camp

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A mother and child in Yarmouk, Syria.

Statement by EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the killing of five humanitarian workers in Afghanistan

It was with great shock that I learned about the murder of five staff working for the international humanitarian NGO Save the Children in Afghanistan. This appalling act calls for the strongest condemnation. My thoughts go to the families and...

Morocco: Persistent Restrictions on Rights Group

Moroccan authorities have persisted in their campaign to disrupt a leading independent human rights group despite two court rulings that authorities wrongfully prohibited its gatherings.

Brazil: Prison Crisis Spurs Rights Reform - part 2

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Tagging by the Bonde dos 40 (Streetcar of the 40, B40) gang at the entrance of the...

Brazil: Prison Crisis Spurs Rights Reform - part 1

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An inmate in the Pedrinhas prison complex.

Florida: Hope for Children Charged as Adults

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Veronica Limia leaves the Florida Institute for Girls on October 11, 2001. Veronica was prosecuted as an...

Morocco: Persistent Restrictions on Rights Group

Moroccan authorities have persisted in their campaign to disrupt a leading independent human rights group despite two court rulings that authorities wrongfully prohibited its gatherings.

Central African Republic: UN deplores death of protestor following attack against Mission base

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Ex-Séléka deserters seeking protection from peacekeepers at their base at Kaga-Bandoro in the...