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DONALD Trump is fuelling a global human rights rollback and letting his “corporate allies run amok”, according to a major new report.

Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan’s State Security Service to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents through covert surveillance, imprisonment and physical violence.

Exclusive: Prosecutor barred from public announcements as he prepares round of applications for Israeli suspects

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration of principles under the aegis of the United States, setting out a framework for a draft peace agreement to be discussed on 2 May.

Lawyers for an Egyptian poet and activist who has been allegedly detained and held in solitary confinement without charge in the United Arab Emirates for over 100 days have filed a legal challenge in the U.K. against UAE authorities

Sylvia Beales writes: Elizabeth Sclater was an indomitable advocate for older people in general, and for older women especially

Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably strong public support. Survey data from pan-African research network Afrobarometer and the Mali-Métre survey, run by Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung since 2012, indicate high levels of satisfaction with junta rule. In the…

Country accused of obstructing UN as court considers its decision to end cooperation with Unrwa

Countries are struggling to manage expensive loans, with much of debt transacted through London