Somalia arrests another journalist as press clampdown intensifies
Detention of reporters for covering sensitive news is having a ‘chilling’ effect on free media in Somalia, say rights groups The arrest of a journalist...
Category : Law
Canada owes First Nations billions after making ‘mockery’ of treaty deal, top court rules
Court urges federal and Ontario governments to make payouts after ‘dishonourably’ neglecting 174-year-old deal The Crown promised riches to First Nations in Canada – over...
Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City
Galvanized by the 2016 murder of trans sex worker Paola Buenrostro, activists applaud law as critical for feeling safe When the trans sex worker Paola...
UK ‘tried to suppress criticism’ of alleged UAE role in arming Sudan’s RSF militia
Exclusive UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur UK government officials...
Namibia high court overturns law banning gay sex
Victory for LGBTQ+ campaigners who say ban contributes to discrimination and violence by police Namibia’s high court has overturned a law that criminalised gay sex...
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda admission sparks legal action from detained asylum seekers
Migrants seek redress for ‘immense distress’ from deportations now thrown into chaos by election announcement Asylum seekers detained by the Home Office and threatened with...
Attacks on health workers in conflict zones at highest level ever – report
More than 2,500 attacks in 2023, including medics killed and clinics bombed, in war zones such as Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine Attacks on health workers,...
‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma
Robberies, shootings, extortion and rapes have surged since the Rwandan-backed M23 militia cut off the eastern Congolese capital In broad daylight on 16 April, three...
Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur
As El Fasher stands on the ‘precipice of a massacre’, rights groups call for sanctions after new testimony describes atrocities carried out by RSF paramilitaries...
UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’ The UK has been...
