Human Rights

Prominent feminist activist Yanar Mohammed shot dead in Iraq

Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq calls campaigner's death a 'tremendous loss' for rights activists

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

Israel's genocide in Gaza

UK grants asylum to Palestinian citizen of Israel over fear of persecution

UK court clears British activist Majid Freeman over role in Leicester riots

UK anti-protest laws may be 'in breach' of international human rights obligations

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Palestine Action-linked hunger striker hospitalised for fifth time

UN experts condemn torture of Guantanamo detainee and call for his release

Australian children stranded in Syria sue government to push for repatriation

'UAE94': UN says UAE should 'immediately' release men held past prison terms

Saudi Arabia: Eminent UK MP condemns execution of Bahrainis, with others at risk

UK spy agencies under scrutiny over torture of Saudi men by CIA

Pakistan urged to release brother of pro-Imran Khan human rights lawyer

Egypt 'disappears' former student leader, prompting calls for probe

Fears grow businessman detained in Jordan extradited to UAE after going missing

Middle East and North Africa led rise in recorded executions in 2022, Amnesty says

Egyptian hunger striker's health declining as he protests South Korea deportation

Inside Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Salman and Twitter sued under law created for organised crime

World Expo 2030 organisers urged to drop Saudi Arabia as potential host