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

Trump's Gaza plan: Palestinians are seen as a problem to be solved, just like Jews in the 1930s

Ahmed Najar

‘I Am Not Happy’: Algeria cracks down on online activism ahead of uprising anniversary

From South Africa to Palestine: Trump's war to defend apartheid

Soumaya Ghannoushi

UN admits internet conference panel was edited after Saudi complaint

UN accused of censoring criticism of Saudi Arabia at flagship internet conference

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israeli minister who threatened Lebanese-Belgian activist cancelled Brussels visit fearing arrest

Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah released and deported by Swiss authorities

Ali Abunimah arrest sparks fear of European crackdown on Palestine activists

Egyptian rights lawyer and revolution icon Hoda Abdelmoneim facing slow death in prison

Italy violated Rome Statute by releasing Libyan warlord wanted by ICC, say rights groups

London police crackdown on Gaza protest evokes 19th-century repression

Ismail Patel

Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi's case exposes the folly of fighting words with brute force

Soumaya Ghannoushi