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The US so-called war on terror has killed over 801,000 people and cost $6.4 trillion. The numbers continue to accelerate, not only because many wars continue...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has blacklisted shares in British security company G4S because of the risk of human rights violations against its workforce in...

Every girl and every woman has the right to a safer, fairer, more just world. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of...

The overuse of financial sanctions has spurred Russia, China, and now the EU to work on alternative institutions that would place their companies outside the...

The pre-trial judges “accepted that there exists a reasonable basis to believe widespread and/or systematic acts of violence may have been committed that...

The UAE targets political opponents and activists, and criminalizes fundamental freedoms and basic human rights.

The Zionist movement need to erase the very existence of the Palestinian people. After the establishment of the Israeli state, its leaders never made it a...

The number of British people identified as modern slavery victims has surged by 72 per cent in a year, according to figures, fuelling concerns about “county...

Israel has a track record of using arbitrary travel bans to harass and intimidate human rights defenders and peaceful activists.

Under international law, the US should monitor the impact of its sanctions on Iranians’ rights and address any violations sanctions cause.

The Bahraini government is “deeply repressive”, not just from the Amnesty point of view, but it has been described so by most of international human rights...

Palestinian property rights, Palestinian housing rights and Palestinian community rights are insecure, they’re under threat and they amount, as the UN has...

In a symbolic and impressive action, activists in the Netherlands renamed the street where the Saudi embassy in The Hague is located to honor journalist...

Israel had to refrain from any action that would infringe on Palestinians’ right to development and it also had to foster such development.

"We need to uphold the equal rights, voices and influence of girls in our families, communities and nations. Girls can be powerful agents of change, and...

There have been systematic and gross violations on political prisoners, human rights activists and defenders in Bahrain.

The remarkable educational progress of Iranian girls in the last decade should be considered a social phenomenon.

Two young Afghans have opened a café in the Iranian capital to bring together Afghans and Iranians alike in a friendly atmosphere.

Conflict over Kashmir started after the partition of India in 1947 when Maharaja Hari Singh, the governor of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,...

The European Union (EU) and its member states are falling short on their commitment to support and protect human rights defenders (HRDs) who are facing...