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One activist dead and hundreds injured at opposition protests ‘Having different political views is not tolerated within the country’ - Yasasmin Kaviratne In response to news of the death of one person...
Government’s highly controversial Illegal Migration Bill will make final passage through Commons today New law will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in UK...
Tunisian authorities given permission to prevent people reaching Europe Agreement lacks crucial safeguards on human rights ‘EU leaders are once again embarking on failed policies that are based on...
Highly controversial bill returns to House of Commons this week ‘Now is the time for MPs to decide whether they will prop up the Government’s plan to protect murderers or stand with victims and for...
Responding to news that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the controversial Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill into law, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Research...
Country has imposed blanket ban on sex change procedures Transgender people prohibited from adopting children or serving as legal guardians Marriages will be automatically annulled where one partner...
Planned demonstrations this weekend have been banned by the authorities Since 2017, use of lethal force by police officers at traffic stops has increased fivefold in France Case ‘ highlights the...
US government is reportedly set to announce plans to send the controversial weapons to Kyiv The munitions, which can misfire and leave deadly ordnance scattered over a wide area, have been banned by...
More than 560,000 have fled the ongoing crisis in Sudan D ire humanitarian conditions for people in Sudan and those fleeing the conflict People fleeing the conflict in Khartoum travel through...
Reporter and lawyer dragged out of taxi and beaten by masked assailants early this morning Attack prevented Nemov from being in court for the sentencing of his client to five-and-a-half years in a...