Starvation being used as a weapon of war in South Sudan, report reveals
International community urged to intervene as hundreds of thousands forced into refugee camps as homes and crops destroyed and aid workers attacked Starvation is being...
Category : Human rights
Head of rights group during Argentina’s military dictatorship dies at 93
Hebe de Bonafini co-founded Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in 1977 after her two sons were arrested and then disappeared Hebe de Bonafini, who...
International troops quit Mali as violence and Moscow’s influence grow
Germany latest to end peacekeeping mission as operations prove unable to stop Islamic extremist insurgency Thousands of international troops are withdrawing from Mali amid surging...
The Egyptian human rights activists unable to attend Cop27
Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh follows decade-long crackdown on civil society in Egypt Cop27 live – latest news updates “Honestly, what I want is to be...
Tigray rebels tortured and killed civilians in renewed fighting, survivors claim
Witnesses claim the attacks in Amhara region last month were carried out on those the TPLF suspected of supporting Ethiopian federal forces Tigrayan rebel forces...
Tigrayan rebels accused by survivors of killing dozens of civilians in Kobo
Witnesses claim TPLF rebels tortured and killed in town in Amhara last month in search for supporters of Ethiopian federal forces Tigrayan rebel forces have...
Venezuela’s mining region a hotbed of sex trafficking and violence, UN says
Fact-finding mission reports brutal massacres and sexual slavery in gold-rich arc where armed gangs fight for control Struggling to get by amid Venezuela’s runaway inflation,...
UK government faces court challenge in Nigerian rendition case
Family of Nnamdi Kanu granted judicial review over failure of Britain to intervene after arrest last year The family of a British citizen who was...
Prosecutors urged to examine French role in Egyptian airstrikes on civilians
NGOs want investigation into border counter-terrorism operation that allegedly ended up bombing suspected smugglers Two international NGOs have asked French prosecutors and the UN to...
Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters
Families demand DNA tests to identify if their relatives are among thousands of unclaimed bodies in hospital morgues The families of those missing after three...
