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Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared today that a new Bill will “completely repeal the offence of sedition” – something that human rights groups have long demanded.

Asylum seekers removed from Bibby Stockholm after legionella bacteria found in water system onboard

Reports suggest eight Cabinet ministers are among the senior Tories who could campaign to leave the ECHR.

‘Foul language’ will turn off floating voters and risks ‘making the Tories the even nastier party’ says Grieve

This week, Ro Khanna announced that he would lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to India that had been invited to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s annual Independence Day speech at the Red Fort on August 15. During the visit, the delegation will meet PM Modi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar…

The United Nations’ human rights chief has warned that Iraq’s water crisis could affect other countries in the region

Staff morale has improved and the women’s team have been made fully professional – but there is still a deafening silence on human rights issues

As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – a remote piece of land in the Atlantic Ocean inhabited by fewer than 900 people. This idea was…

Human rights groups may be raising the alarm over El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on gang violence, but the policy is winning huge support for the country’s young president both at home and abroad.