human rights

Brazilian journalists on protests record the actions of police in real-time

Movies

Black Code documentary film exposes the digital espionage carried out by governments

New film highlights how activists are using social media and smartphones to fight oppressive regimes.

Mar 11, 2017

By Fiona Keating

Twitter Facebook

Politics

Amal Clooney urges Iraq to not let Isis 'get away with genocide'

Clooney asks Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi to write to the UN Security Council seeking an inquiry.

Mar 10, 2017

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Isis Islamic State Iraq

Human Rights

Two years on, Zimbabwean activist Itai Dzamara is still missing

On 9 March 2015, pro-democracy activist Dzamara was abducted by a group of men in the capital, Harare.

Mar 9, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe

Human Rights

NGOs again beg UN Security Council to impose sanctions in Burundi for human rights abuses

HRW says targeted sanctions would show Burundian officials there are 'consequences for their abuses'.

Mar 9, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Burundi

Human Rights

DRC government investigating mass graves in Kasaï province says spokesman

UN top official urges Security Council to establish a commission of inquiry on violence against civilians.

Mar 9, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

DRC

Politics

Marine Le Pen is a fake feminist - she exploits women's rights to fuel her racist agenda

Le Pen is an anti-woman candidate, despite her claims to the contrary.

Mar 8, 2017

By Inna Shevchenko

Marine Le Pen French Elections 2017 France

Society

A feminist bookshop in the US has hidden books written by men for International Women's Day

It aims to highlight the gender imbalance in fiction by 'silencing' male authors.

Mar 8, 2017

By Lydia Smith

Human Rights

Hutu exodus surges in DRC's North Kivu after Maï-Maï 'threaten' with new massacre

In November 2016, 30 people were killed in a Maï-Maï Mazembe attack in the Lubero territory.

Mar 7, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

DRC

Crime

Philippines: Police chief calls for 'men of burning desire' to join a reformed anti-drug force

Ronald dela Rosa said he hoped that this new campaign against drugs would be less bloody, if not bloodless.

Mar 6, 2017

By Ananya Roy

Philippines

Human Rights

Family of Dublin man jailed in Egypt warns time running out as hunger strike continues

Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in August 2013 in the midst of a government crackdown in Egypt.

Mar 2, 2017

By Callum Paton

Egypt

Mass killer Anders Breivik receives 21 years

Crime

Far-right mass murderer Anders Breivik's human rights 'not violated' in Norwegian prison, court rules

Extremist's isolation in prison not "degrading and inhumane", appeals court says.

Mar 1, 2017

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Human Rights

Angola's government must investigate claims police beat peaceful protesters and set dogs on them

Demonstrators fear voter registration will be tampered with in forthcoming election.

Mar 1, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Human Rights

DRC security forces killed 40 protesters in two weeks as Kabila was due to stand-down, says UN

Damning new report reveals that at least 917 people were arrested between 15 and 31 December 2016.

Mar 1, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

DRC Joseph Kabila

Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa

Crime

Philippines Police 'ready to go back' to Duterte's war on drugs

Police chief Ronald dela Rosa says the drug trade has returned to the streets of Manila.

Feb 27, 2017

By Nandini Krishnamoorthy

Human Rights

Tanzania's 'ghost people': Putting an end to albino persecution

Grave digging for albino corpses and sale of body parts highlight that more needs to be done to tackle violence against persecuted minority.

Feb 25, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Human Rights

Tanzania: Deputy health minister brands homosexuality 'unnatural' in latest online rant

Deteriorating situation for Tanzanian gay community facing up to 30 years imprisonment.

Feb 20, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Human Rights

Dozens executed amid intensified fighting between rival militia groups in Central African Republic

Gruesome details have emerged of serious international crimes committed by rival ex-Seleka militias.

Feb 16, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

CyberSecurity

Amnesty International exposes mysterious espionage scheme against journalists and activists

Meet 'Safeena Malik', the fake persona at the heart of a cyber campaign targeting activists.

Feb 15, 2017

By Jason Murdock

Human Rights

Malawi votes for historical amendment to irrevocably outlaw child marriage

One in two girls marry before the age of 18 in Malawi and are exposed to domestic and sexual violence.

Feb 15, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

Malawi

Human Rights

DRC: UN demands 'independent' inquiry after 100 killed in clashes between army and militia

Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.

Feb 14, 2017

By Elsa Buchanan

DRC United Nations

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