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Amnesty International says there have been horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees, with a failure to investigate incidents in custody. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have published degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children. To discuss these serious accusations about the treatment…

The country had faced a campaign from rights groups who accused it of being ‘unfit to serve on the Human Rights Council’

By the end of 2023, more than 100 million people globally had been forced to flee their homes due to war, violence, fear of persecution, and human rights violations.

Activists hope a change in international law could help to address the intensifying erosion of women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan

The widow of US senator Robert F Kennedy is ‘getting best care possible’, her family said in a statement on X

Exclusive: Labour under pressure to take a stand against human rights abuses

Everyone needs a healthy environment, not just niche activists.

European Court of Human Rights rules Cyprus violated rights of Syrian asylum seekers by preventing them from seeking asylum and sending them back to Lebanon.

Country has executed 199 people till September, say rights groups