Ugandan security forces detain dozens of young protesters, says rights group
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KAMPALA - Ugandan security forces detained dozens of young people on Tuesday, a rights group said, as they took part in a banned protest...
- Jul 10
- 2 min
UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border
GENEVA - The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the...
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Top British judge hears Hong Kong protest case amid foreign judges row
HONG KONG -A senior British judge on Monday heard a protest-related case in Hong Kong involving seven high profile democrats, adding to...
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Explainer-Why has a visit by U.S. lawmakers to India upset China?
NEW DELHI - A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday in India's northern town...
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefing
NAIROBI - Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour,...
- Jun 11
- 2 min
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
ABUJA - Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from...
- Jun 8
- 3 min
Explainer-How does Italy's migration deal with Albania work?
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Albania on Wednesday, where her government plans to build reception camps to house...
- Jun 6
- 5 min
Act of faith: Kenya enlists evangelical pastors to guide Haiti mission
NAIROBI - In the months leading up to Kenya's deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political...
- May 19
- 2 min
Hundreds of Tunisian president's supporters protest against 'foreign interference'
TUNIS - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in support of President Kais Saied amid widespread criticism at home and...
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting
GENEVA - Afghanistan's Taliban face criticism over their human rights record at a U.N. meeting on Monday, with Washington accusing...
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Olympics-Canadian Olympic Committee joins Centre for Sport and Human Rights
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has become the first national Olympic committee to join the Swiss-based Centre for Sport and Human...
- Apr 27
- 4 min
Explainer-Mass graves in Gaza: what do we know?
THE HAGUE -The discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals, said by Palestinian authorities to contain hundreds of bodies, have...
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