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South Africa marks Human Rights Day with call to close rights-reality gap

Xinhua 21 Mar 2026
CAPE TOWN, March 21 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday called for renewed efforts to close the gap between constitutional rights and everyday reality as the country marked Human Rights Day.
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Colombia: Urgent Action Needed To End Widespread Violence Against Human Rights Defenders – UN Report

Scoop 21 Mar 2026
Between 2016 and 2025, the UN Human Rights Office documented 972 killings of human rights defenders ....
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The Bill of Rights at 30: Turning Human Dignity into Reality

Mail Guardian South Africa 21 Mar 2026
Human Rights Day arrives with a question South Africa can no longer defer ... Human Rights Day has therefore become more than a commemoration ... Human Rights Month has become a space where that tension is contested ... Human rights are not static.
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Human Rights Watch: Excessive Force Used Against Peaceful Southern Protesters and Arbitrary Arrests in Southern Yemen

YemenOnline 21 Mar 2026
Human Rights Watch revealed in a recent report that forces affiliated with the Yemeni government committed serious violations while responding to protests in southern Yemen during February ... Human ...
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Alberta proposed assisted dying limitation sparks human rights concern

Jurist 21 Mar 2026
The group urges the province to withdraw the bill, claiming that the bill infringes upon the constitutional right to liberty and security ... the importance of respecting fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Ramaphosa urges South Africans to confront ongoing human rights challenges

Independent online (SA) 21 Mar 2026
Thirty years since the signing of South Africa's democratic Constitution, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a stark message during the national Human Rights Day commemoration in Kimberley.
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Protection of human rights depends on responsible and well-functioning systems of governance

Mail Guardian South Africa 21 Mar 2026
... insight into how societies gain power and why the protection of human rights — celebrated annually on Human Rights Day (21 March) — depends on responsible, well-functioning systems of governance.
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Human rights group calls for Ontario to reintroduce safe consumption sites

CBC 20 Mar 2026
Amnesty International is calling on the province to re-introduce safe consumption sites in Ontario. The CBC's Pratyush Dayal reports ... .
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