Twenty-five people arrested in raids across the country Significant proportion of those arrested made up of active or former soldiers, including men with specialist military training ‘There needs to...

Proposal to protect 30% of all land and sea must put Indigenous peoples’ rights at its heart Eighty per cent of world’s biodiversity is found on Indigenous-managed lands ‘The loss and degradation of...

The new criminal code bans free speech, limits freedom of assembly and outlaws sex outside marriage ‘This criminal code should have never been passed and is a dramatic rollback of human rights...

Compulsory veiling imposed on girls from the age of seven Abusive, discriminatory and degrading forced veiling laws enables the harassment and assault of women and girls on a daily basis ‘The...

Older people killed and injured at higher rates than other groups, with older people left behind in conflict-damaged houses Air raid shelters often inaccessible for older people with disabilities...

Amnesty International is urging the Malawian authorities to urgently improve the protection of people with albinism across the country following the ‘shocking’ killing of three-year-old Tadala Chirwa...

Crime of apartheid needs to be included in ICC investigation into Palestine situation 'Israeli authorities must release Salah Hammouri, restore his residency status in Jerusalem, and allow him to...

Hussein Abo al-Kheir, father of eight, has been on death row since 2015 In past three weeks 20 people executed for drugs offences, with 148 executed in total this year ‘How is it possible that the...

First lady Aisha Buhari instructed team of police detectives to track down Aminu Adamu Muhammed, who was allegedly tortured in secret location Student now faces prosecution for various alleged cyber...

Political prisoner Maria Kolesnikova has been hospitalised in an intensive care unit Recently Kolesnikova was placed in a punishment cell - a harsh form of confinement ‘The secrecy that surrounds...