At least 16 people killed and 400 injured in Kenyan protests
Police clashed with people marching in Nairobi and other areas to honour those killed in protests last year At least 16 people have been killed...
Category : Human rights
Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert
UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan UN peacekeepers should be...
China considers lifting sanctions on UK parliamentarians as relations warm
Exclusive: Restrictions to be reviewed as embassy official says ‘UK-China relations are showing a positive momentum’ China is considering lifting the sanctions it imposed on...
The idea was to crush his spirit’: family of jailed British-Egyptian man describe awful prison conditions
As Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother remains on hunger strike, supporters say activist’s continued detention is campaign of vengeance by Egypt’s president Family, friends and supporters...
250 days on hunger strike: Can Laila Soueif secure her son’s freedom? – podcast
Who is Alaa Abd el-Fattah and why are British diplomats trying to obtain his release? Patrick Wintour reports Laila Soueif, 69, has been on hunger...
UK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena Kennedy
Top human rights lawyer calls for UK to take case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah to international court of justice Helena Kennedy: Must Laila Soueif die...
Former ambassador calls on UK to advise citizens against travel to Egypt
John Casson says Cairo ‘fobbing us off’ by refusing to release British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah The former British ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, has...
Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike
Laila Soueif continues protest against detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Cairo The mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has...
Argentina used as a ‘testing ground’ for eroding abortion rights, warns Amnesty
Alarm as Javier Milei’s government curbs state supply of abortion pills and seeks to reverse landmark legalisation Argentina is being used as a “testing ground”...
Uganda accused of ‘state bigotry’ and attacks on LGBTQ+ people
Report from Human Rights Watch criticises Museveni regime for arbitrary arrests and detentions, violence and extortion since draconian new law enacted The Ugandan authorities have...
