Human Rights

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

As hundreds of cases grind through the system, high-profile activists are seeing their charges dismissed or rejected

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

NHS mental health trust withdraws from counter-terror police programme

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

Egypt detains family of YouTube host who shared video showing alleged abuses

Egypt's security forces tortured and disappeared children: Report

Denial, fear and dictatorship: Egypt's coronavirus disaster

David Hearst

Coalition of rights groups urge UN to request Egypt release its prisoners amid viral outbreak

New UK law shields soldiers over Iraq and Afghanistan war crimes allegations

UK government was 'complicit in torture' of Hashem Abedi in Libya

US accused of erasing East Jerusalem's Palestinians in new human rights report

Sudan in Transition

‘Suspect still at large’: Why Sudan hasn’t handed Omar Bashir over to the ICC

Emirati activist attempts suicide in prison after alleging torture: Rights group

Egypt jails human rights lawyer for one year over 'BBC interview'

US judge gives doctors authority to determine if Guantanamo detainee can be released

Imprisoned son of Mohamed Morsi at risk of being 'poisoned', lawyers say