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Events marking 35 years since troops ended peaceful protest with deadly violence are banned in China and Hong Kong

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele will be sworn in for a second term Saturday, more popular -- and more powerful -- than ever.

It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations is to defend Israel despite its war crimes

Rights groups also argue that the defendants’ right to a fair trial is compromised by ‘incomplete’ evidence.

In mid-June 2023, more than 500 people died after the fishing boat they boarded capsized.

Rwanda's post-genocide transformation has been remarkable, but uneven. And it prompts many questions, including: what type of leader is needed to help a country grow and heal?

Human Rights Watch says Clementine De Montjoye’s case raises fresh questions about UK’s asylum seeker scheme

New documents verified by FRANCE 24 illustrate the scale of the atrocities committed by the Burkina Faso army on February 25, 2024. In April, the NGO Human Rights Watch reported the massacre of 223 civilians, including women and children. New evidence shows other killings committed by the army between May…

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced the former head of a pro-Kurdish party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.