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Pakistan’s army has freed hundreds of hostages from a passenger train that was seized by armed militants in the south-western province of Balochistan on Tuesday, March 11. A number of those on board were military officials and police personnel travelling from Balochistan’s capital, Quetta, to Peshawar further north.

Experts say legislation will prevent vulnerable people from accessing justice in latest government-backed crackdown

Hassan Sentamu, 18, murdered aspiring human rights lawyer Elianne Andam, 15, as she stood up for a friend

United Nations-backed human rights experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip

People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to protect their rights prompted the filing of a case before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The case was brought by…

Aunty Donna Nelson accuses premier of insulting daughter’s memory as government moves to reverse reforms made in response to her death

A committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was determined to "prevent unlawful revenge".

Other lives: Campaigner for human rights in Latin America who explored the role of religion in development

Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights investigators during hearings on the treatment of detainees during the war in Gaza

Families of victims, human rights groups call for ‘expeditious surrender and transfer of custody’ of Duterte to the ICC.

The trial of two men charged in an alleged Iranian government-sponsored murder-for-hire plot that targeted a prominent Iranian journalist and human rights activist has begun with jury selection