human rights

HRW says targeted sanctions would show Burundian officials there are 'consequences for their abuses'.

UN top official urges Security Council to establish a commission of inquiry on violence against civilians.

Le Pen is an anti-woman candidate, despite her claims to the contrary.

It aims to highlight the gender imbalance in fiction by 'silencing' male authors.

In November 2016, 30 people were killed in a Maï-Maï Mazembe attack in the Lubero territory.

Ronald dela Rosa said he hoped that this new campaign against drugs would be less bloody, if not bloodless.

Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in August 2013 in the midst of a government crackdown in Egypt.

Extremist's isolation in prison not "degrading and inhumane", appeals court says.

Demonstrators fear voter registration will be tampered with in forthcoming election.

Damning new report reveals that at least 917 people were arrested between 15 and 31 December 2016.

Police chief Ronald dela Rosa says the drug trade has returned to the streets of Manila.

Grave digging for albino corpses and sale of body parts highlight that more needs to be done to tackle violence against persecuted minority.

Deteriorating situation for Tanzanian gay community facing up to 30 years imprisonment.

Gruesome details have emerged of serious international crimes committed by rival ex-Seleka militias.

Meet 'Safeena Malik', the fake persona at the heart of a cyber campaign targeting activists.

One in two girls marry before the age of 18 in Malawi and are exposed to domestic and sexual violence.

Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.

Soldiers' lives were ruined and Britons were put at risk by Phil Shiner's vexatious claims about our armed forces.

The men are cold, hungry and speak of police beatings - but are in search of a better life in Europe.

The predominantly Muslim Seleka rebellion splintered into several movements over leadership rivalries.

Bana Alabed and her family now live in Turkey after being evacuated from eastern Aleppo in December 2016.

Four dead and five injured in what military sources say was a crash while chasing fighters from the former rebel group.

Trump said "we're not playing on an even field" with Isis and believes torture like waterboarding works.

Critics accuse China of turning a blind eye to rampant rights abuses in the central African nation.

Outgoing president accused of creating the 'worst human rights situation' in US history in a commentary.

European Court of Human Rights finds against triple murderer Arthur Hutchinson.

EU envoy to the Philippines Franz Jessen said the bloc is also working to assist the country's anti-drug campaign.

Prisoners have been transferred but seldom freed.

Non-existent justice system is undermining efforts to rebuild CAR and create a sustainable peace, says rights group.

Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, complained of ill-treatment in jail.