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Move over European convention on human rights likely to put pressure on Tory leadership candidates to follow suit

Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south

The victims were aged between 14 and 16 at the time.

Human rights barrister says US expects Labour government to continue UK challenge to proposed action against Israeli PM

Parallel reports describe serious crimes during Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent offensive in Gaza

A Kyrgyz court ordered on Friday that four reporters, who were charged in January with “inciting mass unrest” through their investigative stories about corruption in the Central Asian country, remain in pre-trial detention until August 8, according to their editor, Bolot Temirov.

Tunisian courts convicted three media workers this week, amid what critics say is a wider crackdown on civil society by the government of President Kaïs Saïed.

On November 23, 2022, Russia’s State Duma banned the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” among people of all ages.

In a session marked by yelling and physical confrontation, the Georgian Parliament adopted a law on Tuesday that opponents call the “Russian bill” and believe could dismantle civil society and divert the country from the European Union path.

UK government considers appeal after judge says act undermines post-Brexit human rights protections guaranteed in the region

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’

Lindsay Sandiford may dodge a firing squad thanks to a change in the law in Indonesia wher she has been held since 2013 for trying to smuggle £1.6million of cocaine into the country

The Kremlin is forcing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to accept Russia passports, meaning they could also be conscripted and forced to fight against their countrymen in Vladimir Putin's war

Michael Gove said the Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Mend and the neo-nazi British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative will be assessed for extremism

Liverpool's former captain has been a mainstay of Gareth Southgate's previous England squads for major tournaments - but will the experienced midfielder's ill-fated Saudi adventure cost him for Euro 2024?

The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country

The pair will talk about their lived experiences starting their own businesses as young women in a society recovering from decades of violence

Football superstar Lionel Messi has been criticised for promoting several apps and video games that are part of what Human Rights Watch has described as China's network of censorship and surveillance

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been forced to flee the country after mob boss Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, freed 4,000 prisoners in an attempt to overthrow the government

A British man who visited the US has shared one of the key differences he found when he was abroad - leaving Americans shocked at how shopkeepers are addressed in the UK

Menopause can have a significant impact on your oral health, and researchers are urging women to 'receive special preventive and therapeutic care from doctors and dentists' during this time

Roger Clarke, 77, was pictured on British soil for the first time today since his transfer from a Portuguese prison in 2021 just days after his wife died behind bars

The equalities watchdog has issued guidance to employers to clarify their legal obligations to women going through the menopause

Vladimir Kara-Murza, 42, is serving 25 years in a penal colony for “treason” and criticising the tyrant’s war against Ukraine, and has called on Russians to end Vladimir Putin's reign

Alexei Navalny's cause of death has not yet been released, but sources have said he may have died of a signature technique used by the KGB - a single punch to the heart