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

Fears Twitter cull of dormant accounts could lock out imprisoned activists

Saudi family urges US to intervene in possible death sentence of young man

Egypt takes lead role on global counter-terrorism network despite rights fears

Egypt's treatment of jailed detainee 'may amount to torture', rights groups say

UAE waging 'sustained assault' on human rights ahead of Cop28, groups warn

Human rights groups warn UN against antisemitism definition

Libya: Authorities impose 'severe' crackdown on rights groups, says HRW

Saudi Arabia and Egypt 'emboldened' to target dissidents on US soil, report finds

US federal agency used NSO spyware after Biden ban: Report

Tunisia's political prisoners are being humiliated in filthy bug-infested cells

Hotel Rwanda hero released from prison following Qatar and US talks

'War crimes in Palestine': UK government urged to refer Israel and Netanyahu to ICC