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Tunisia: jailing of six men for same-sex relations 'shocking'

‘This case highlights the entrenched levels of state homophobia in the country’ - Said Boumedouha

Women from Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland had almost 25,000 abortions in England & Wales over last 5 years

New data shows that almost 25,000 women from across Ireland, north and south, travelled to have abortions in England and Wales – an average of close to 100 terminations every week over the pa

UK must halt arms sales to Saudi as new evidence shows schools targeted in Yemen airstrikes

1,000 schools out of operation - 254 completely destroyed Report published ahead of peace talks scheduled for next week

Egypt: Photojournalist facing life imprisonment on trumped up charges - trial to begin this week

Shawkan held for over 800 days in inhumane conditions and tortured

Azerbaijan: Leyla Yunus' release should spur freedom for all prisoners of conscience

The Azerbaijani authorities must follow up today’s conditional release of Leyla Yunus, one of the country's mo

Iraq: How 'Islamic State' got its weapons

Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well lax controls on the ground have provided the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) with a large and lethal arsenal that is being use

Americas: Abortion rights activists threatened, attacked and harassed – New Report

· Vicious smear campaigns and threats aimed at closing down debate

Uganda: Election run up marred by arrests, harassment and torture of opposition

Ugandan police have arbitrarily arrested political opposition leaders, used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse peaceful demonstrations and tortured opposition supporters, a new Amnesty Interna

Tunisia: Sweeping crackdown signals abuse of emergency measures

Security forces have carried out scores of arrests and detentions in the wake of