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Pakistan: Imran Khan media ban is 'disturbing'

New prohibition on broadcasting speeches of embattled former prime minister is part of long pattern of using media regulator for political ends Private news channel ARY News also has licence suspended...

Bangladesh: Urgent relief needed for those hit by devastating fire in Rohingya refugee camp

Sunday’s huge fire destroyed some 2,000 shelters, leaving an estimated 12,000 people without shelter Cox’s Bazaar is world’s largest refugee camp, hosting an estimated one million-plus people ‘It is...

Northern Ireland: Decision not to prosecute in Patricia Devlin threats case shows system is failing to protect press freedom

Responding to a decision not to bring forward a prosecution in relation to threats against the award-winning Northern Ireland journalist Patricia Devlin and her baby, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty...

Syria: government forces and Turkey-backed armed groups have diverted earthquake aid

New testimonies show Assad’s forces and Turkey-backed Syrian National Army have used aid ‘politically’ Armed groups pressured search-and- rescue teams into prioritising operations at the homes of...

Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council must address Taliban's ongoing 'relentless abuses'

Wave of arrests of women’s rights defenders, academics, and activists New evidence of attacks, abductions and enforced disappearances against civilians in Panjshir ‘ The current accountability gap is...

Belarus: Jailing of three human rights defenders is 'blatant retaliation' for their work

Three key figures from leading human rights group Viasna jailed for between seven and ten years Sham case against the three involved fabricated changes of currency smuggling ‘These brave human rights...

Israel/OPT: settler violence in Huwara is 'ugly reality' of Israeli apartheid

Six out of eight settlers arrested already released, part of long pattern of settlers escaping justice for violence against Palestinians Earlier this week Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich said...

Hong Kong: Women’s Day march first authorised protest since 2020 comes amid worsening crackdown

An International Women’s Day march scheduled for this Sunday will be the first officially authorised protest in Hong Kong since 2020. The Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association announced on Thursday...

UK: war correspondent and activist Sherine Tadros in conversation

Launch of acclaimed new book ‘Taking Sides: a memoir about love, war, and changing the world’ Former war correspondent and human rights activist Sherine Tadros will be in discussion with CNN's chief...

Iran: nearly 100 people executed in first two months of this year

At least 94 put to death in January and February, with escalating use of death penalty against persecuted ethnic minorities Horrific sexual violence and other torture allegedly used to extract false...