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KLP divests from US bulldozer company over alleged contribution to construction of illegal Israeli settlements

High Court rules in favour of a petition demanding a halt to the use of potentially deadly weaponry by police.

Rise fuelled by the war in Gaza and far-right ideas in public debate, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, says in its annual report

UN report reveals international banks, especially Thai banks, aiding Myanmar junta in procuring weapons, fueling human rights violations.

Kenya's President William Ruto has announced that the government’s controversial tax bill will be withdrawn. It comes after at least 22 people were killed in protests against the bill on Tuesday, according to Kenya’s Human Rights Commission. The organisation has said that the death toll is likely to rise as…

Human rights experts working for the United Nations have accused Sudan’s warring parties of using starvation as a war weapon, amid mounting warnings about imminent famine in the African nation

A report by a U.N. expert on human rights says that Thai banks have become the main supplier of international financial services for Myanmar’s military government, enabling it to purchase goods and equipment to carry out its increasingly bloody war against pro-democracy resistance forces and armed ethnic minority groups

Foreign Office accused of allowing relationship with Bahraini government to impact citizenship decision

Campaigners allege Uyghur people used as forced labour at some of fast-fashion retailer’s cotton suppliers in China