The UN human rights chief has urged that North African and European countries bring justice to the migrants who died at sea after their boat was allegedly attacked by smugglers. Read more »
Torture is routinely used by Nigeria's police and soldiers, says Amnesty International in a new report that documents horrifying acts of brutality which largely go unpunished. Read more »
Mongezi Ngcobondwane, popularly known as TallAssMo, and his wife Mome Mahlangu have publicly apologised to the man they originally claimed had racially insulted them. Read more »
United Nations Human Rights experts have urged the government to stop using the anti-terrorism law to curb freedom of expression and association following reports of arbitrary ... Read more »
South African Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu has called for a worldwide end to child marriages on his four-day visit in Zambia. Read more »
Health workers and activists are demanding women be allowed access to medically safe abortions in cases such as rape, as illegal abortions are now one of the leading causes of ... Read more »
Rights groups have called on President Yahya Jammeh not to sign a new law which would increase the punishment for "aggravated homosexuality" to life in prison. Read more »
France has warned that the country is becoming a terrorist hub and called for international action to end the chaos. Read more »
Israeli authorities have unlawfully coerced almost 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into returning to their home countries where they risk serious abuse, according to a Human ... Read more »
African Union peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine and food on their bases and routinely pay displaced teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch has revealed in a ... Read more »
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