Human Rights

US says UN report on Soleimani killing is false, reiterates 'self-defense' claim

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says report did not take into account Iran's 'escalating series of armed attacks' in months prior to assassination

Bahrain Protests

Bahrain's final appeal court set to rule on fate of activists facing execution

UK sanctions against Saudi Arabia and Myanmar are an exercise in saving face

Peter Oborne

Pompeo urged by US congressmen to rethink Mauritania policy over human rights abuses

Egypt court upholds 15-year sentence for prominent activist Ahmed Douma

Former soldiers angered by UK plans for Iraq war crimes 'amnesty'

Canadian national detained by Egypt for 16 months returns home

Canada urged to bring home its Islamic State suspects and relatives from Syria

US removes Saudi Arabia from list of worst human traffickers

Senior US House Democrat demands update on Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul

Black Lives Matter protester forced to remove hijab on arrest demands justice

Canada doesn't deserve a UN Security Council seat

Jonathan Kuttab

'Not again': Academics bemoan Munira Mirza's appointment to head race inequality commission

Bangladesh will not allow Shamima Begum into country amid UK appeal

Giulio Regeni's family 'betrayed' by Italy government over $1.2bn arms sale to Egypt

Former officer says police 'faked Schedule 7 airport stops' to meet targets

'He looks like Bin Laden': Ex-cop accuses UK police of racism over airport stops

From Palestine to the US, we must defend people's right to breathe

Samah Jabr

'Like I'm in a cage': Domestic workers trapped and abused in lockdown London

How Mohammed bin Salman and Sisi abuse the Islamic concept of clemency

Mohammad H Fadel

Egypt raids homes of activist’s family after torture lawsuit against ex-PM