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Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum plan

Activists criticise ‘sham’ parliamentary elections in the Southern African monarchy, where political parties are banned.

Editorial: Two decades after the invasion of Iraq, victims of abuse and torture by US forces have yet to be compensated

As asylum-seekers stream in to New York City, officials have scrambled to open new emergency shelters

Activists seek justice against former Sudanese Arab militia leader as new crimes are committed in the war-torn region.

From a Thursday article by CNN (Hande Atay Alam & Celine Alkhaldi): Muhammad al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old retired Saudi teacher, was sentenced "following 5 tweets criticizing corruption and human rights violations," his brother Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi tweeted last week. According to Human Rights Watch, Muhammad al-Ghamdi was arrested last year…

Statement comes amid concern about allegations Saudi forces have killed hundreds of migrants

Congo's communications ministry says at least 43 people have died in a clash between armed forces and members of a religious sect protesting Western organizations operating in the country

A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.

Training given despite growing concern over scale of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisis