Human Rights Watch

National Assembly passes law barring ‘traitors’ from standing for public office

Half of 30 countries globally with highest suicide rates are in Africa, says WHO

UN inquiry says torture, rape and arbitrary detention among the wrongdoings documented over the past 16 months

Dire condition of Libyan migrant detention centres condemned by human rights groups

Index editor sacked and dozens of journalists quit amid concerns for independence

Hungary’s populist leader denounces legal orders to compensate Roma and prisoners

Sentence is longest in court’s history and includes first conviction for sexual slavery

Papal visit began in Mozambique, where he spoke about ‘fraternal reconciliation’

Traumatised women are being detained by authorities, says Human Rights Watch

Indefinite national service is causing heartache and fuelling migration to Europe

Most of the dead apparently strangled in their cells on Sunday and Monday

LGBT+ community quietly optimistic Kenya will be the first east African country to do so

Three remain on trial with eight others in case condemned by human rights groups

Elections watchdog asks for Thai Raksa Chart party to be dissolved for violating constitution

New figures from UNHCR demonstrate impact of reduced search and rescue operations

People smugglers are seeking gaps in the region’s tighter border security regime

Two Reuters journalists who worked on report were arrested and remain in jail

French president says he will not lecture Sisi on human rights

More than 270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks

Human Rights Watch urges authorities to explain Mohammed bin Nayef’s travel ban

Tribal identity politics rather than broad-based party politics still dominate

Nigerian woman describes the moment the violent militias arrived in her home town

Almost all refugees and migrants now held in spartan border facilities under new measure

EU urged to stop Hungary tightening rules claimed to contravene obligations to refugees

ICC record on war criminal prosecution criticised over rising operational costs

Chinese minority activist was imprisoned for life two years ago for ‘inciting separatism’

Rights groups say ‘prison-like’ conditions on Nauru aim to deter refugees from making journey

Addis Ababa Letter: concern their fraught history may once again lead to full-scale war

Human Rights Watch report finds male guardianship one of worst curbs on females

The 71-year-old champions minorities’ rights but fears of return to bad old days remain

US and Russia to renew accord that reduced fighting across several zones in Syria

Asylum seekers held in Papua New Guinea detention centre seek compensation

EU leaders must avoid trip to ‘sanitised’ refugee camp and look further, says HRW

Human Rights Watch says it has identified 19 victims from photos taken by defector

Review: Valuable, riveting work founders on a disappointingly reductionist conclusion

Ahead of Dublin visit, health expert discusses fighting poverty and sharing prosperity

The declaration aims to give places of learning special protection from military use

Staff required for ‘executing a judgement of death’ and for carrying out amputations

Thai military has seized power 12 times since end of absolute monarchy in 1932

Human Rights watch says deaths planned at highest level of Cairo government