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

Rise of populists most pressing rights issue of 2017: HRW

4 Guantanamo inmates transferred to Saudi Arabia

Former Kuwaiti MP sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting Saudi Arabia

British-Algerian journalist dies after hunger strike in Algiers

Saudi woman arrested for sharing photo without veil on Twitter

Anti-Semitism: UK to adopt controversial definition to stop hate crimes

Merkel calls for a burqa ban in Germany

Report highlights abuse of domestic workers in Qatar

Kuwaiti to spend 10 years in jail for 'insulting emir' on Twitter

Opting out of human rights laws could increase military abuses

Ahmed Twaij

UK failed in seizing assets of 'despots': Report

UK police reject calls for openness over Gulf training projects