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

'Raped below a picture of Assad': Women describe abuse at hands of Syrian forces

Iran re-imposes death sentence on spiritual figure that Supreme Court quashed

What's a life worth? The Kafkaesque ordeal of Guantanamo Bay’s youngest ever prisoner

Peter Speetjens

Rohingya bodies found on Bangladesh coast as thousands flee Myanmar

'Day of the Disappeared': Syrian victims and families need justice, say rights group

Sudan's Bashir pardons top activist accused of spying

Iran and Yemen have most severe blasphemy laws: US report

UAE drops jail term for Singaporeans for 'dressing feminine'

Qatar approves new law to protect domestic workers

Houthi justice: Yemenis flock in thousands to Sanaa public executions

CIA 'torture psychologists' avoid trial with secret settlement

Burying one’s head in the sand: The UAE and the practice of torture

Michelle Wazan