Human Rights

Egyptian detainees issue call for government to apply new caps to pretrial detention

The new Criminal Procedure Code, adopted in November and set to take effect in October this year, promises to place limits on periods of pretrial detention

UK's Burnham urged to address alleged UAE plot against British academic

Why EU-Israel data-sharing deal must be quashed

Raja Natour

Anas Altikriti case raises crucial questions about Britain's alliance with the UAE

Peter Oborne

Five years after the fall of Kabul, 'war on terror' ghosts have come home

Moazzam Begg

British activist Anas Altikriti questions UAE surveillance operation

‘The right to stay’: Italy’s Albanian diaspora sails back to support the Flamingo Revolution

Syria after Assad

'They almost killed my child': Women in Syria's Roj camp describe night of gunfire and fear

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Who will heal Gaza when the bombing stops?

Shoug Mukhaimar

Amnesty, HRW want Saudis off UN rights council

Women's groups accuse Bahrain of cutting funds on political grounds

The scandal of closed Muslim bank accounts and how MPs don't give a damn

Peter Oborne

Iran is what the Islamic State will look like if it succeeds

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Muslim and gay rights leaders in Chicago take on Trump

Bulgaria takes first step to outlawing veils and headscarves

Canadian returns home after months in UAE prison accused of arms dealing

Canada working to secure academic’s release from Iran prison

Qatar hands suspended sentence to Dutch woman who made rape complaint

No charges to be filed against UK officials over Libya rendition cases

Nearly 60 percent of Qatari population live in 'labour camps'

British Army slammed for training with Turkish, Saudi troops