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Tunisian President Kais Saied announced Sunday the formation of a committee to draft a constitution for a “New Republic”, saying it will conclude its work within a few days. In a televised speech, Saied added that the national dialogue on reforms will include four main organizations, referring to the General…

Authoritarian governments have weaponised online tools and platforms to control journalists and stifle freedom of expression.

New media laws in Indonesia target journalists and infringe rights rather than protecting them

Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1,200 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan government convicted him of terrorism in a trial that human rights groups call a sham.

Troop contributions to international interventions by authoritarian states pose a puzzle. On the one hand, participation in such interventions indicates support for a liberal-cosmopolitan order that entails the protection of human rights at an international level. On the other, authoritarian regimes deny these rights to their own citizens.

Now technology has given Asian women a social media platform from where to speak up, and name and shame practices that rob them of their human rights and civil liberties

Official versions of the meetings have made no reference to contentious issues

As Mexican investigators struggle with the so-far inexplicable death of an 18 year-old woman, the odds of an answer are slim: The large majority of homicides in Mexico go unsolved and even nationally notorious cases tend to wind up as mysteries

Romanian human rights groups on Friday condemned a bill approved by the Senate which bans so-called gay propaganda in schools, saying it would legitimise discrimination against the LGBT community, mirroring measures seen in Hungary and Russia.

Fabrice Leggeri under fire over agency’s human rights record and anti-fraud investigation

Elon Musk's plan to acquire Twitter has alarmed human rights activists in Asia and the Middle East, where social media platforms have been accused of inciting violence.