Rights Advocates in a sentence

Opponents, including civil liberties advocates and women’s reproductive rights advocates, spoke against the bill and said it would pose a danger to the health of pregnant women.

Abortion rights advocates said this week that they would appeal a decision by a Nevada judge to reject a 2024 ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) condemned the alleged abduction of two labor rights advocates, who were eventually found, as it started its own investigation on the incident.

The Russian authorities on Tuesday raided homes and offices of multiple human rights advocates and historians with the prominent rights group Memorial that won the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

That plan was met with outcry from human rights advocates, who fear that such zones would be inaccessible to humanitarian workers and could become a backdrop for human rights violations by Turkish armed forces.

Disability Rights California and Disability Rights Advocates say youths with mental and behavioral disabilities in the county Juvenile Hall and other facilities were subjected to restraints, pepper spray and solitary confinement more than other youths.

According to the rights advocates, the state has refused for years "to provide sufficient guidance to those looking to determine whether they can vote.

An anonymous coalition of brands and human rights advocates called Shut Down Shein has been lobbying lawmakers seeking to increase scrutiny on the fast fashion site.

As suspected, as soon as the word 'trans' came up, gun rights advocates have used it to distract from the actual issue, which is that there are far too many guns in the United States, and they are readily, easily and cheaply available to basically anyone.

But the employment boost is generating concern among worker rights advocates about the lack of strong job protections for gig workers.

Civil rights advocates are concerned about police stops of Black and Latino men, and would prefer that Mr. Adams had done more in his first year to usher in police reforms.

Human rights advocates expressed alarm over news of the U.S. pressure campaign, which comes as millions of Gazans are struggling to survive amid Israel’s relentless bombing campaign, ground assault, and siege.

Human rights advocates said they planned to challenge the bill in court if it’s signed into law.

Human-rights advocates who spoke with the Register painted a picture of an emboldened Chinese regime, led by President Xi Jinping, that is bent on suppressing any and all dissent.

It was that aspect of the act that Roberts left untouched in Thursday’s decision, to the huge relief of voting rights advocates.

Rights advocates have also hit out at the policy, saying the barge is unfit for the purpose, with protesters from either side showing up at the waterfront site in recent weeks.

That decision, resulting fromlawsuits filed by gun rights advocates,was overturned last month by the 7th Circuit.

The Michel-Chartrand Park has been ground zero in a battle between the City of Longueuil and animal rights advocates over the deer population.

The results in the special election were a crucial victory for abortion rights advocates, who would have faced the daunting prospect of securing a super-majority of voters this fall if the measure had passed.

These cases are part of a movement by abortion rights advocates to use state laws and constitutional protections to fight antiabortion laws.