Human Rights

France moves to deport prominent Palestinian-Egyptian activist over criticism of Israel

Ramy Shaath was released from arbitrary detention in Egypt in 2022 following lobbying efforts by French President Emmanuel Macron

Palestinian women and girls face brutal abuse in Israeli jails

Victoria Brittain

Head of Palestinian rights group Al-Haq barred from entering France

UK mass crackdown on Palestine activism has brought chaos to the courts

John Rees

Why Israel's death penalty law is a massive setback for human rights

Hussein Abu Hussein

‘Policing thought’: French bill to fight antisemitism accused of silencing Israel critics

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

Protesters gather in London to oppose plans for removal of citizenship without notice

The hounding of Julian Assange leaves honest journalism with no refuge

Jonathan Cook

Egypt: Wife of jailed journalist renews calls for his release

Morocco: Rights groups condemn approval of extradition of Uighur activist to China

New Caledonia referendum: France's last pocket of settler-colonialism

Joseph Massad

UN says a third of Arab world's population does not have enough to eat

Israel used ‘abusive policing’ against Palestinians in Lod during May unrest, says HRW

Why Biden's 'democracy summit' got it all wrong

Marco Carnelos

Assange ruling a dangerous precedent for journalists and British justice

Arab activists express caution over Biden's democracy summit

Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul files lawsuit against UAE-based cyber firm

Egyptian activist Patrick Zaki released following international pressure