By AFPDozens of rights and media groups urged Rwanda on Tuesday to conduct an independent and impartial probe into the death of a top journalist who was critical of the government.John Williams Ntwali, 44, editor of The Chronicles newspaper, was kill...

By AFPIsrael expelled French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri on Sunday, the culmination of a lengthy judicial saga in which he was accused of security offences and held without charge since March.Hamouri, 37, had been held under a contr...

By AFPIsraeli security forces on Thursday raided the offices of multiple Palestinian human rights groups in the occupied West Bank, which the state has branded "terrorist organisations".The military said soldiers and police officers "closed seven ins...

By AFPAt least four people were killed in May when the Iranian security forces launched a violent crackdown on protests over the rising cost of living, firing live ammunition and birdshot, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.It is the first time...

By AFPThe European Union needs to rescue its landmark data privacy law (GDPR) from delays and dysfunction that still plague it four years after it came into force, activists said Tuesday.The GDPR imposes strict rules on how companies can use and stor...

Rights groups appealed Wednesday for the next UN rights chief to be appointed through a swift, open process, calling for a "courageous" nominee to stand up to powerful countries.More than 60 non-governmental organisations, including Amnesty Internati...

Montrell Carmouche praises Mexico's white beaches and coral reefs, selling it by telephone as a holiday destination while trying not to reveal that he has never been there -- or that he is, in fact, an inmate imprisoned in the United States.His story...