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Global Nonprofit A21 Launches New Campaign to Prevent Human Trafficking
The “Can You See Me?” campaign raises awareness and encourages reporting of human trafficking to rescue victims.
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More Than Ever, US Public Exercises Its Right to Government Information via FOIA
Over 1 million FOIA requests in 2023 have led to unprecedented delays and backlogs in receiving responses to statutory queries. Can AI help, or will it make it worse?
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Nobel Peace Prize 2024 Goes to Japanese Survivors and Anti-Nuclear Advocates
Prize committee highlights Nihon Hidankyo’s role in making nuclear weapons taboo via grass-roots support for their elimination.
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Andrea Powell’s New Memoir Urges “a Total Revolution of Compassion” in the Fight for Survivors of Sex Trafficking
As Americans celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, human rights champion Andrea Powell’s new memoir shows us we still have a very long way to go.
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Nicole Crellin: Making Human Rights a Canadian Reality by Advocating for Mandatory Education in Schools
In a nation where hate crimes are committed every three hours around the clock, she’s looking for solutions that start with children.
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18th International Youth Summit Unites and Transforms Next Generation of Human Rights Warriors
The preeminent human rights conference commenced on Nelson Mandela International Day, historically a call to fight for freedom, promote peace, reconciliation and cultural diversity.
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Arkansas Voters and AG Move to Strengthen FOIA
If approved by voters, the measure would create a commission to help citizens request government records and penalize agencies that fail to comply with those requests.
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Fighting Violations with Awareness
Volunteer organizations provide solutions to drugs, crime, moral decay and human rights violations.
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Human Rights Summit
At a time when much of the world is wracked by a sweeping refugee crisis, extremist violence and the dangerous rise of religious persecution, United for Human Rights continues to vigorously reaffirm and defend the basic values of human rights in its quest to help implement global norms of social equality.
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Human Rights World Tour
Since 2004, Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) has reached more than 10 million people through the organization’s annual World Educational Tour in community centers, schools and universities in both large cities and remote areas of more than 80 countries.
