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

Moroccan rapper arrested

Senators call on Trump to issue 'immediate' sanctions after US citizen dies in Egyptian jail

Kimia Alizadeh Defects from Iran

'We want help': African asylum seekers denounce UNHCR inaction in Lebanon

Philippines issues full ban on workers going to Kuwait after violent death of maid

Turkey to lift ban on Wikipedia access after court ruling publication

Rights group demands UN reveal companies involved in Israel settlement activities

Dakar Rally: Sports fans must speak up against Saudi Arabia's 'sportswashing'

Ines Osman

In pictures: Protesters around the region ring in the new year defiant and hopeful

China Cables: When will the Muslim world speak up for persecuted Uighurs?

CJ Werleman

EXCLUSIVE: Conservative MP met British IS suspect Jack Letts in Syrian prison

US adds Yemen's Houthis to list of groups violating religious freedoms