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Jagtar Singh Johal is being arbitrarily detained and targeted for his human rights activism, say campaigners

In September 2024, the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission to Sudan issued its first report. Citing grave human rights violations amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the report called for the immediate deployment of an independent and impartial force to protect civilians.

Australia weighs how to vote in UN general assembly resolution following international court of justice’s advice

Announcement comes hours after rebels said the Indonesian army had bombed its headquarters where Mehrtens is being kept

In the last 18 months, Humans Right Watch reported that almost 700,000 people crossed the Darien Gap; about 65% of them are from Venezuela

Biden administration imposes sanctions on Georgian officials for undermining democracy and violating human rights.

Sir Keir Starmer says he is looking to Italy for answers on how to reduce Channel crossings

A report by the Washington Office on Latin America says reports alleging this behavior are become more frequent

In a significant display of solidarity and political protest, over 150 people gathered at the University of Southern California (USC) on Thursday to demand the university divest from Israel. The protest, part of a national day of action organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), highlighted growing frustrations among…

Australia is imposing sanctions on a further five Iranians in response to human rights abuses on the second anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini's death in custody.

Human rights groups have condemned Italy’s ‘dodgy’ Rwanda-style deal with Albania to offshore asylum seekers but as Starmer travels to Rome to meet Meloni, he admits he is open to copying it