December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. To mark the occasion, we're ...

(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights ...

Women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face alarming rates of harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and economic discrimination, despite legal reforms, Human Rights Watch said today, ahead of ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 26, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The mental health industry watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is calling for the Americans with Disabilities ...

Finland's new social welfare legal reforms pose threats to human rights, including the right to privacy, Privacy ...

Standards bodies, access to information technology, and human rights / Judy Brewer -- Accessible ICTs and the opening of political space for persons with disabilities / Janet E. Lord -- Web ...

The City Hall led by Mayor Rocío Adame Muñoz of Rosarito hosted the conference “Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities” through the Disability Commission of Playas de Rosarito for cabinet members ...

Structured, court-ordered treatment is the right course of action for some brain disorder patients. In such cases, ideology should not trump experience.

On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted, abused, and killed people with disabilities during their October 26 takeover of the long-besieged city of El ...

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services office complex at Dorothea Dix Park North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities can expect changes in access to ...

Consumer advocates are pushing for federal agencies to increase scrutiny of a third state’s long-term care system over alleged failures to adequately protect residents with disabilities. The ...

While wrapping up her degree at Concordia's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Chif’s short film Mme Liliane made TIFF’s Canada ...