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China continues to persecute family of dissidents unlawfully, finds report
Authorities continuing ‘intimidation’ including separating children from their parents, despite pledge to end collective punishmentChina continues...
Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes
Eleven found guilty of crimes against humanity after trial that heard testimony on torture, rape and...
Rushed bill forcing hundreds of non-citizens to facilitate own deportation passes lower house
Human Rights Law Centre says bill ‘deliberately separates families’ and risks non-compliance with obligations under refugee...
UN rights expert report to call for Israel arms embargo over ‘acts of genocide’
Special rapporteur will tell human rights council Israel’s actions ‘reveal an intent to physically destroy Palestinians...
Kenyan Del Monte farm seeks human rights manager after claims of violence
Exclusive: new role created after Guardian uncovered allegations against company’s security guardsA vast Del Monte pineapple...
Rule of law declining across EU, report warns
Civil liberties network says in states where far-right parties influence power, rule-of-law deterioration risks becoming systemicThe...
Russians urged to disrupt final day of Vladimir Putin’s presidential election
Voters told to swamp polling stations all at once and spoil ballots, after two days of...
EU approves watered-down human rights and supply chain law
Revised corporate sustainability directive, first agreed in December, draws criticism from environmental campaignersEU countries have slashed...
Treason could mean life sentence under new Hong Kong national security law
Debate has begun on Article 23 – legislation designed to bring laws closer to those of...
Indonesia activists condemn four-star general rank for presumed president
Outgoing president confers honour on presumed successor, Prabowo Subianto, who is accused of human rights violationsHuman...
Repression in Venezuela intensifying ahead of elections, rights groups say
Fears Maduro government is trying to shut down scrutiny after lawyer is arrested and UN human...
High court rejects legal challenge over UK arms sales to Israel
Campaigners to appeal after court declines to block export licences despite concerns about human rights breaches...
‘A betrayal’: mother’s fight for justice as Indonesia elects Suharto era figure
President-elect Prabowo Subianto has human rights abuses to answer for, says mother of student shot at...
Venezuela closes UN human rights office citing ‘colonialist attitude’
Foreign minister claims local office of UN high commissioner for human rights supported impunity for coup...
Australian Human Rights Commission chief denies staff sanctioned for expressing pro-Palestinian views
Rosalind Croucher tells Senate panel anonymous letter from employees was ‘disappointing’ and they had been reminded...
Dozens of civilians killed by Ethiopian state troops in Amhara region, say reports
Witnesses claim victims shot ‘execution style’ during house raids after clashes between government forces and Fano...
Family of Swede imprisoned in Iran fear death penalty verdict is imminent
EU diplomat Johan Floderus’s sister calls on Sweden to start speaking up loudly to demand his...
Israeli lawyer arrested for peaceful protest leaves prison after 110 days
Ahmad Khalefa, human rights lawyer of Palestinian heritage, released to house arrest after organising anti-war protestA...
Carmakers may be using aluminium made by Uyghur forced labour, NGO investigation finds
Companies such as Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla, General Motors and BYD could do more to ensure their...
Refugee files complaint to UN against Spain over 2014 border deaths
Country accused of violating torture convention in hope of finding justice decade after incident in which...
Diseases spread in overcrowded Rafah as Gaza’s population forced south
Crisis in southern Gaza only set to worsen in coming days as Israeli forces push deeper...
Indonesian fruit picker landed in debt bondage challenges Home Office
Exclusive: Test case likely against UK’s seasonal worker scheme as charity alleges breach of right to...
Denmark admits role in Nato airstrikes on Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011
In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in attacks linked to civilian...
