Human Rights

UK mass crackdown on Palestine activism has brought chaos to the courts

As hundreds of cases grind through the system, high-profile activists are seeing their charges dismissed or rejected

US and Israel vote against UN resolution recognising slavery as 'gravest' crime against humanity

Prominent feminist activist Yanar Mohammed shot dead in Iraq

Family of Francesca Albanese sues Trump administration over sanctions

NHS mental health trust withdraws from counter-terror police programme

UK Home Office graph reveals shocking scale of Palestine Action arrests

Jailing of Pakistani rights lawyers marks ‘new wave' in dissent crackdown, says former minister

Swiss councillors to vote on Uefa tax exemption over failure to suspend Israel

How the UAE justifies its clampdown on dissenting voices

Joe Odell

Tehran judiciary nixes hopes of swift release for UK-Iranian mother

UK-Iranian prisoner could be released in weeks, says husband

EXCLUSIVE: British aid workers in Syria stripped of citizenship

UK aid workers stripped of citizenship should be treated as heroes

Moazzam Begg

Libyan slavery: Don't be fooled by the 'shock', we've known about this for a while now

Sophia Akram

Why we should speak up for Egypt

Khadidja Nemar

Write correctly or go to jail: Egypt's Arabic-language law sparks debate

British aid workers in Syria could be on drone 'kill list'

UN chief calls on states to prosecute foreign fighters, not kill them

Lebanon's anti-torture act: Is a flawed law better than no law at all?

Ines Osman

Turkish officials ban all LGBTI events in Ankara to protect 'public security'