Alaa Abdel Fattah: UK urged to help jailed British-Egyptian activist
By Yolande Knell BBC Middle East correspondent A group of MPs and peers has written to the UK government pressing…
UN group: No legal basis for Jagtar Singh Johal’s detention in India
By Calum McKay & Katie Hunter BBC Scotland The detention of a Scottish Sikh man in India has no legal…
Sri Lanka tests UN’s patience on human rights
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Memories of the dark cell and constant fear for his life still haunt Murugiah Komahan,…
Tortured to death: Myanmar mass killings revealed
By Rebecca Henschke and Kelvin Brown BBC World Service Myanmar coup The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass…
China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules
By Joel Gunter BBC News China has committed genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, an unofficial UK-based tribunal has…
UAE general accused of torture elected Interpol president
Matthew Hedges case A general from the United Arab Emirates who has been accused of complicity in torture has…
Artists denounce Israeli ban on Palestinian civil society groups
More than 100 high-profile figures, including musicians and authors, have pledged support for six Palestinian civil society groups that Israel…
Palestinian groups branded terrorists by Israel say they are being silenced
By Yolande Knell BBC News, Jerusalem The leaders of six Palestinian civil society organisations branded terrorist groups by Israel say…
Patrick Zaki: Egypt tries Christian rights activist on false news charge
A human rights activist who wrote about his experiences as a Coptic Christian in Egypt has gone on trial on…
Syria war: UN calculates new death toll
Syrian civil war At least 350,209 people have been killed in 10 years of war in Syria, the UN…