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          Human Rights

          The latest news and updates on human rights

          Sudanese army soldiers patrol an area in Khartoum North. AFP

          Survivors tell of 'horrific violence' as fighting escalates in Sudan

          MENANovember 13, 2024
          Children carrying a loudspeaker. The children of Patna Rahika are Musahar Dalits. They do not study as there is no school in the village. Taniya Dutta for The National

          India's Musahars: Rat-eating poorest of poor still dwell on society's fringe 75 years after caste system's end

          AsiaOctober 25, 2024
          Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Reuters

          UN rights chief warns Israel against 'large-scale, forcible transfer' from north Gaza

          MENAOctober 17, 2024
          British Foreign Secretary David Lammy. PA

          British Foreign Secretary Lammy to make official visit to China

          UKOctober 17, 2024
          A session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. AFP

          UN General Assembly re-elects Qatar to Human Rights Council

          NewsOctober 09, 2024
          Election campaign billboards near the German city of Jena on Tuesday. Getty Images

          Every society has its own model for good governance

          CommentAugust 29, 2024
          Ahmadreza Djalali and his family. Photo: Amnesty International

          Jailed scientist hits out at Swedish PM over Iran prisoner swap

          EuropeJune 24, 2024
          Police arrest a pro-Palestinian protester at the University of California, Irvine. EPA

          'Hypocrisy' of US police crackdown on pro-Palestine student protests

          USMay 20, 2024
          Tunisian lawyers take part in a protest against the recent arrests of their colleagues, in Tunis. AP

          Tunisian lawyers rally for freedom of speech

          MENAMay 16, 2024
          Palestinians are facing worse violence than when thousands were displaced in 1948, Amnesty International says. Reuters

          Amnesty: World order 'on brink of collapse' over Gaza

          MENAApril 24, 2024
          Israeli soldiers of the Ultra-Orthodox battalion "Netzah Yehuda" take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights, near the Syrian border. AFP

          Why Israel's Netzah Yehuda battalion could face US sanctions

          MENAApril 23, 2024
          A man waves a Palestinian flag outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. Reuters

          UAE welcomes ICJ move to allow increased humanitarian aid into Gaza

          UAEMarch 29, 2024
          Activists protest against the Iranian regime during a demonstration by the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin. AFP

          Iran executions hit eight-year high in 2023

          IranMarch 05, 2024
          Egyptian politician Hisham Kassem (centre) has been released from prison after completing his six-month sentence in a libel and slander case. Photo: Gameela Ismail.

          Egyptian opposition activist released from prison

          EgyptFebruary 21, 2024
          The Union for Human Rights Association held its first general assembly in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Wam

          UAE's Union for Human Rights Association holds first meeting

          GovernmentFebruary 10, 2024
          Kiana and Ali Rahmani stand next to an empty chair with the peace prize diploma for their mother, Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize 2023 winner Narges Mohammadi, during the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 in Oslo City Hall, Norway. EPA

          Jailed Mohammadi denounces Iranian regime in Nobel Prize acceptance speech

          IranDecember 10, 2023
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