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

Queen's 90th celebrations 'generously supported' by arms traders and Gulf royals

Dismay as Muslim states block LGBT rights groups from attending UN Aids summit

Muslim students 'avoiding politics' over extremism register fears

Canada denies visa to Tunisian LGBT activist

LGBT activists stage rare Lebanon protest

US urges Iran to release imprisoned Baha'i leaders

Bahraini prince accused of torture flies to UK for royal horse event

Electrocuted and beaten: Ex-US Marine sues Iran over alleged torture

Pakistani human rights activist shot dead after praising Sadiq Khan election victory

British MPs criticise reliance on Saudi Arabia to investigate abuse in Yemen

Canada to join torture prevention protocol

Senior Saudi cleric: Homosexuality should not be punished