Andrew Tyrie, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on extraordinary rendition, made clear that an answer to the key question – who knew about the secret operations – was Continue Reading
Responding to a lawsuit that opened at the high court in London this week and is expected to continue for more than a year, Guy Mansfield QC, representing the Foreign Continue Reading
Colombo human rights lawyer Lakshan Dias, who is acting on behalf of the man, Kumara, his wife and two children, said the asylum seeker group was put through an abbreviated Continue Reading
Now the creators of an app used in western countries to support those worried about domestic violence hope to help Somali women be safer in their communities. The app, My Continue Reading
Benin-born Kidjo and groups Y’en a Marre from Senegal, Le Balai Citoyen from Burkina Faso and Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA) from the Democratic Republic of Congo have shown “exceptional Continue Reading
Catete had come to Luanda in search of work, but now aged 32 he is still being held in the city’s central prison after eight years without trial under a Continue Reading
The report, entitled Flawed Justice, was released on Thursday and said half of all prisoners on death row interviewed by Amnesty claimed they had been beaten, tortured and coerced into Continue Reading
Bao Zhuoxuan, the son of detained lawyer Wang Yu, had planned to meet human rights activists in Thailand last Sunday after slipping out of China across its south-western border with Continue Reading
Over the past three years, more than 60 countries have passed or drafted laws that curtail the activity of non-governmental and civil society organisations. Ninety-six countries have taken steps to Continue Reading
The controversial bill is one of four pieces of legislation driven by nationalist Buddhist monks who fear that the Muslim population is growing too quickly. Despite fierce campaigning by women Continue Reading
