human rights

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In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan and John Paul II developed a coordinated strategy focused on fighting Soviet expansion, undermining communism in Eastern Europe, supporting the Solidarity movement in Poland and promoting human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

On Monday, Mexico’s Foreign Ministry deployed unusually forceful language in condemning detention centers as “incompatible with human rights standards and the protection of human life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

At a human rights centre in Tehran, Aysha - whose name has been changed - is counselling a distressed mother on the telephone.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Memorial and Novaya Gazeta, both founded around the collapse of the Soviet Union, are Russia's two most reputable and renowned organisations reporting and documenting human rights abuses.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

SWAN: The OAS is here investigating human rights abuses.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez