Amnesty International accused the UN of undermining accountability for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang in China as it criticised the outgoing Human Rights Commissioner for repeated failure to act...

Call on UN Security Council to renew resolution for vital cross-border aid 1.7m people - more than half children - in extremely vulnerable circumstances, with water shortages and disease ‘Can anyone...

Mass protests in autonomous Karakalpakstan erupted on 1 July Multiple social media videos show injured people and what appears to be blood on the streets ‘We have received reports that human rights...

‘Xi oversees the inauguration of a new leader hand-picked by the Beijing authorities in a territory where the law – and its repressive implementation – increasingly resembles that of mainland China’ -...

Detailed investigation incorporates testimony from dozens of survivors and eyewitnesses, digital evidence and mathematical modelling of bomb blasts It is likely that many fatalities remain unreported...

‘Helwan Brigades’ case saw scores held at notorious al-Aqrab and Tora Maximum Security Two Prison in cruel and inhuman conditions A 16-year-old detainee was tortured with electric shocks and beatings...

‘It is heartbreaking to reflect that this has happened before and it will continue to happen’ - Erika Guevara-Rosas In response to news that at least 50 people have been found dead in a trailer in San...

Co-founder of independent fact-checking website ALT News arrested by New Delhi police last night Accused of tweets which ‘hurt religious sentiments’ and ‘promote enmity’ ‘The arrest of Mohammed Zubair...

‘What is morally wrong cannot be made legally right’ - Grainne Teggart Ahead of the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, entering its short committee stage on...

Controversial provisions of the Nationality and Borders Act come into effect today New law will unlawfully prevent people facing persecution from establishing their right to asylum in UK Some refugees...