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UN calls for investigation into Sudan’s slide into ‘human rights abyss’

UN experts are concerned that Sudan is sliding into a “human rights abyss” in the aftermath of the Sudanese security forces’ deadly break-up of...

Angelina Jolie urges schoolchildren to ‘fight for universal human rights’

Angelina Jolie has launched a plea for today’s young people to be paramount in the next generation’s fight for universal human rights for all...

Amnesty calls new law in Egypt a death sentence for human rights groups

A new law ratified by Egypt's president that imposes harsh restrictions on non-governmental organisations could be a "death sentence" for human rights groups in...

European anti-terror powers ’eroding human rights’

European counter-terrorism measures have been eroding basic human rights throughout the continent over the past two years, Amnesty International said. The group’s report echoed what...

Syrian groups to UN: ‘Russia behind hundreds of Aleppo war crimes’

Four Syrian organisations have said Russia bears "a high likelihood" of responsibility for 304 attacks in Aleppo that violate international humanitarian law and may...

UN calls France’s burkini ban ‘a stupid reaction’ that ‘fuels religious intolerance

The UN human rights office has condemned local bans in France on burkini swimwear as "a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms" and...

Australia ‘deeply shocked and appaled’ as video emerges of mistreatment of children at detention centre

Australia's prime minister has ordered a sweeping investigation into claims that teenagers were abused at a juvenile detention centre in the country's north. Malcolm Turnbull...

Prison violated Breivik’s human rights, court rules

Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik's human rights have been violated during his imprisonment for terrorism and mass murder, a Norwegian court has ruled. The prison...

Russia rubbishes claims by human rights group that they bombed hospital in Syria

Russian officials have rebuffed claims that warplanes from the country struck a hospital in northern Syria. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for president Vladimir Putin, told...

Chinese human rights lawyer gets suspended sentence after social media posts

A Chinese lawyer is expected to be freed after a Beijing court gave him a suspended jail sentence after finding him guilty in a...

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