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Supreme court ruling on affirmative action ‘setback’ for US civil rights, human rights lawyer warns
Professor Justin Hansford from the Thurgood Marshall Civil rights department at Howard University’s law school in Washington
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Equality and Human Rights Commission says it has ‘paused’ independent investigation into chair Baroness Falkner
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced it has “paused” an independent investigation into its Chair Baroness Kishwer Falkner. On Tuesday, this programme revealed that Baroness Falkner was under investigation by an external barrister after allegations about her conduct from a number of staff. Our report also examined claims of a toxic culture at…
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Revealed: Claims of toxic culture at Equality and Human Rights Commission
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Baroness Falkner, is under investigation after complaints about her conduct.
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Sudan conflict ‘dire situation’, says founder of Sudan’s Doctors For Human Rights
We spoke to Dr Husam El-Mugamar, founder of Sudan’s Doctors For Human Rights.
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‘Nothing wrong with human rights in Rwanda,’ says Rwandan government spokesperson
We spoke to Yolande Makolo, a spokesperson for the Rwandan government, and began by asking her why authorities in the country released Paul Rusesabagina if they believed him to be a dangerous terrorist.
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Putin’s travel will be limited for rest of his life after ICC arrest warrant, human rights lawyer says
The Ukrainian government has set up an international legal taskforce to help get justice for victims of war crimes committed by Russia.
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‘Enough is enough’ for many Iranians, says human rights lawyer amid continued protests
We’re joined by Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr.
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World Cup 2022: Australian men’s football team criticises Qatar’s human rights record
Australia has become the first football team participating in next month’s World Cup to openly criticise Qatar’s human rights record.
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Protests in Iran ‘about freedom of a nation’, says Iranian human rights researcher
We were joined by Azadeh Pourzand, an Iranian Human Rights Researcher and Writer who has been following the protests in Iran.
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Women in Iran are “bolder and bolder” in fight for equality says Tara Sepehri Far, Human Rights Watch
We are joined by Tara Sepehri Far, who researches human rights abuses in Iran at Human Rights Watch.
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Lack of gun control is costing us our children, says human rights lawyer
We were joined from Washington by American human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid, who has called on President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to enact tougher gun controls.
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Urgent military aid needed Ukrainian human rights lawyer says
A short while ago I spoke to the Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Mativchuk who has spent years documenting war crimes.
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Russia suspended from UN Human Rights council
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a US-sponsored resolution to throw Russia out of the UN Human Rights council over mounting war crimes allegations.
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“These are serious violations of the laws of war”, Human Rights Watch’s Richard Weir says
Richard Weir from Human Rights Watch spoke to us from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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EU ‘blackmail’ won’t work says Polish PM amid human rights row
The Polish prime minister has declared that he won’t bow to what he called “blackmail” by the European Union, but will try to solve their disputes amid an escalating row over human rights and the rule of law, which has threatened to overshadow a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels.
