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Encampments are growing: Hear why Canada’s housing advocate is calling it a ‘life-and-death’ matter
Federal housing advocate Marie-Josée Houle is calling for a ‘human rights approach’ to encampments, telling CBC's Power & Politics that government needs to put ‘real solutions’ in place to get people permanent housing.
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Rock and roll legend Tom Morello comes to Winnipeg for concert at Human Rights Museum
Music of resistance and change, that’s the focus of a new exhibition at the Canadian Museum For Human Rights. CBC News spoke to Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello prior to his concert there Friday night.
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Reactions to Alberta’s gender policies for youth, children show a polarized province
Premier Danielle Smith says the government’s sweeping and controversial gender policies for children and youth will ultimately protect young Albertas from making decisions they would later regret. Critics, however, have accused the...
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'This is about human rights,' transgender teen says about Alberta policy changes
Tammy Plunkett and her son Mitchell, who is transgender, say they are appalled by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s planned policy changes affecting transgender and non-binary children and youth.
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New Winnipeg exhibit looks at the intersection of music and the struggle for human rights
CBC's Jim Agapito talks to curators at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights about Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change, which opened Friday.
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Reactions to Alberta’s gender policies for youth show polarized province
Premier Danielle Smith says the government’s sweeping and controversial gender policies will ultimately protect young Albertans from making decisions they would later regret. Critics, however, have accused the premier of politicizing an...
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No breakthrough yet, but optimism remains regarding ongoing talks on Gaza: Qatar FM
Optimistic about ongoing talks between Israel and Hamas but there is no breakthrough to announce yet on any Gaza ceasefire agreement.
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B.C. government apologizes to Doukhobor community
On Feb. 27, the province officially apologized for the forcible removal of children from Doukhobor families in the 1950s.
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‘Troubling gap’ between EU promises and actions on human rights, watchdog says
The European Union "persistently failed" to act on its human rights commitments in 2023, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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Brian Mulroney: Canadians should remember Ed Broadbent 'with respect, affection and admiration'
Ed Broadbent 'was on the right side of history,' says former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
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International double standards a key problem: Human Rights Watch
The NGO’s executive director discusses Gaza war crimes and their documentation since the start of the war.
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UN rights rapporteur: Israeli strikes on Hamas in Lebanon breach international law
Ben Saul, who is the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism. He says Israel is clearly breaching international law.
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Indonesia: 1,700 Rohingya refugees arrived in Aceh since November
An increase in arrivals of Rohingya refugees is fuelling anger among some locals in Indonesia’s Aceh.
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Let’s resolve to make 2024 a year of building trust and hope: UN Chief in his New Year message
“2023 has been a year of enormous suffering, violence, and climate chaos… 2023 is the hottest year on record; people are getting crushed by growing poverty and hunger; wars are growing in number and ferocity. Humanity is strongest when...
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‘Emboldened’ Israeli settlers in West Bank increasingly attacking in groups: UN official
UN has released a report condemning the worsening human rights situation in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Former Maldives Ministers speak on intensifying India-Maldives row
Foreign Maldives Minister Dunya Maumoon and Mariya Didi broke silence on the ongoing India- Maldives Row, and said that they are deeply concerned about the developments and the language used against the Indian Prime Minister is not...
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Al Jazeera holds memorial for Samer Abudaqa
The Qatar-based media network is holding a memorial for its journalist and cameraman Samer Abudaqa.
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EU officials have agreed on new rules on hosting migrants and limiting numbers of people coming in
The European Union reached agreement early on Wednesday on new rules designed to share out the cost and work of hosting migrants more evenly
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Rohingya refugees in Indonesia: Locals protest against Rohingya arrivals
More Rohingya refugees are risking the dangerous boat crossing from Bangladesh to Indonesia - but tensions with locals are rising.
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ICC prosecutor visits region: Palestinian activists boycott meeting
The chief prosecutor of ICC says he will set up a team to investigate human rights violations on both side of the Gaza conflict.
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US president on personal X account: 'Continuing down the war path is to give Hamas what it seeks’
Biden writes on personal X account: 'Continuing down the war path is to give Hamas what it seeks’
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EU institutions reach deal on anti-SLAPP law protecting journalists & other critical voices
An agreement on the law was found in the early hours of Thursday.
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US sanctions on Israeli settlers are largely symbolic but a step in the right direction: Analyst
Adam Shapiro is director of advocacy for Israel-Palestine, at DAWN, a human rights and foreign policy think tank.
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UN needs to act quickly on ceasefire draft resolution: Riyad Mansour
Arab Ambassadors to the UN said they would be putting a draft resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza to a GA vote.