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France has condemned Israel's expulsion of Palestinian-French human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who had been held in Israeli prisons without charge since March for alleged security offences.

Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport (France) (AFP) - French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, held without charge in Israeli prisons since March accused of security offences, arrived in Paris on Sunday following his expulsion from Israel condemned by Paris.

Paul Olubayo took up his role, the first of its kind, earlier this year

European lawmakers across the continent have started to sponsor Iranian detainees, hoping to shed light on their injustice and force authorities to back down from handing down lengthy jail sentences or carrying out executions. Sponsoring MPs take responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners, demanding information on their…

Hundreds took to the streets Friday in Iran's restive southeast, footage shared by human rights groups showed, beginning a fourth month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death. Iran has seen waves of demonstrations since the September 16 death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who had been…

The World Cup seems to have shaken off some of the controversy over working conditions in Qatar and human rights as viewership is up, especially in the United States.

'The heating crisis, the food poverty crisis, or myriad other crises - during all that mayhem is not the time to shut down'

Intelligence agencies exempt from law banning support for foreign security forces that commit human rights abuses

U.S. officials hatched a plan to smuggle Chad’s pro-democracy leader to safety—while Washington planned to fete his tormentor.