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More than 70 Kenyan women have documented their harrowing experiences working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia

Istanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosphorous ferries, paralysing Turkey's biggest city in a bid to prevent May Day demonstrations.

Tension is rising further on the political scene in Tanzania ahead of the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Accused of treason, his Chadema political party was this month excluded from the presidential race scheduled for October, sparking concern among human rights groups.

Ghanaian authorities have failed to protect the human rights of hundreds of women accused of witchcraft, Amnesty International has warned. Attacks by their accusers are forcing them to flee their communities in fear for their lives, taking shelter in camps with rudimentary facilities.

A leading international rights group has accused Mozambique's security forces of a brutal, three-month crackdown on protests after the country's election last year

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas will be led by Hong Kong activists operating from different countries.

AMNESTY International has warned against “dangerous misinformation” ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.