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Amnesty warns 2026 World Cup across North American risks becoming ‘stage for repression’

Sport
Perspective

'My children became my purpose': Author Stuart J. Green on rebuilding after trauma

Culture
Perspective

HRW urges pressure on Israel over alleged white phosphorus use in Lebanon

Israel pounds Lebanon: 83 children among almost 400 killed in a week

Middle East

Concerns over international law violations mount

Middle East

Lebanon: Israeli army tells residents Tyre to evacuate, more and more people displaced

Middle East

‘Panic and fear’: Iran’s political prisoners face increasing danger amid US-Israel war

Analysis
Middle East
Spotlight

Forbidden Stories reports on FindFace in Iran: Facial recognition 'an issue' for Western democracies

Middle East

Senegal's PM introduces bill doubling prison terms for same-sex relations

Africa

Iran says students can protest, but must respect 'red lines'

Asia / Pacific

Venezuela begins prisoner releases as Rodriguez promises return for exiles

Americas
Tech 24

First victim of AI agent harassment warns 'thousands' more could be next

Business

Writing for survival: Gaza author dares to hope against the odds

Long read
Middle East

Iran sentences Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to six years in prison

Asia / Pacific

These Venezuela political prisoners got out of jail, but they still aren’t free

Human Rights Watch warns US heading to 'authoritarianism'

Americas

Venezuela frees prominent human rights activist Javier Tarazona

Americas
Access Asia

Japanese court holds North Korea accountable for deceptive repatriation campaign

Asia / Pacific
Entre Nous

Kids, 'non merci': Is France a child-friendly place?

France

‘As in wartime’: Iranian doctors recount deadly crackdown on protesters

Analysis
Asia / Pacific

Families of two killed in US strikes near Venezuela sue Trump administration

Americas

Iran's crackdown on protests killed more than 6,000, human rights group says

Middle East

Iran's state TV airs several ‘forced confessions’ after protest crackdown, activists say

Middle East

Venezuela frees more than 100 political prisoners as interim president pushes back on US pressure

Americas

South Sudan crisis heightens 'risk of mass violence' against civilians, UN experts say

Africa

UN rights council steps up scrutiny of Iran crackdown as NGO puts death toll past 5,000

Asia / Pacific

How many people have been killed during the crackdown on Iranian protesters?

Denied mourning: The ordeal of the family of Robina Aminian, killed in Iran

Interview
Middle East

At least 5,000 killed during Iran's nationwide protests, official says

As it happened
Asia / Pacific

Rights group says thousands of protesters killed in Iran

Middle East

Reza Deghati urges Macron to confront Iran's Islamic regime with 'targeted non-military action'

Middle East

Iran's Khamenei says strong turnout at pro-government rallies 'warning' to US

As it happened
Asia / Pacific

Death toll rises in Iran, authorities call for counter-protests

As it happened
Middle East

Iran warns that US troops, Israel will be ‘legitimate targets’ if America intervenes over protests

Middle East

Anti-ICE protesters plan rallies across US after killing of Minneapolis woman

Americas

‘We are not free yet’: Venezuelan exiles react a week after Maduro’s capture

Americas

New video filmed by ICE agent emerges of Minnesota woman’s killing

Americas

UN accuses Israel of 'severe segregation and discrimination' in West Bank 'apartheid'

Middle East

South Korea to end overseas adoptions amid UN concern over human rights abuses

Asia / Pacific

More than 400 influential women urge Iran to halt execution of female activist

Asia / Pacific

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalised twice after ‘heavy’ blows, family says

Middle East

Belarus frees opposition figure Kolesnikova, Nobel laureate Bialiatski in US-brokered deal

Europe

Iran 'violently' arrests Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

Asia / Pacific

Austrian parliament passes headscarf ban for schoolgirls under 14

Europe

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel

Europe
Perspective

'We must break the cycle of impunity for Russian troops': Ukrainian Nobel laureate O. Matviichuk

Europe

Liberty, equality, invincibility: Cultural highlights of France's Ukraine Season

Europe

UN slams Israel's ‘apparent summary execution' of Palestinians in West Bank

Middle East

Tunisian court sentences nearly 40 opposition figures to up to 45 years

Africa

‘Their rights are being violated’: Ukrainian families call for return of their stolen children

On the ground
Europe

MSF revives rescue mission in Mediterranean after new disaster kills 42

Europe

UN rights council orders probe of atrocities in Sudan's Al-Fasher

Africa

Bars, Pride and dating apps: How China is closing down its LGBT+ spaces

Analysis
Asia / Pacific

UN rights council considers fact-finding mission in emergency session on Sudan

Africa

How the 2015 Paris attacks increased police powers and eroded civil liberties

Analysis
France

Tanzanian police arrest senior opposition official, hundreds charged with treason

Africa

After two years of war, Sudan refugees need urgent assistance in Chad

Africa

Lafarge trial: Multinational companies 'enjoying impunity, prioritising profits over human rights'

France
Perspective

Behind the story: French cement firm Lafarge in the dock, accused of funding terrorism

France

Former top lawyer of Israeli army arrested for leaking video of prisoner abuse

Middle East

UN accuses Iran of widespread arrests, abuses after 12-day war with Israel

Asia / Pacific

Sudanese missing in El-Fasher after paramilitary takeover are in ‘grave danger’, aid groups warn

Africa

Warnings of executions and ethnic cleansing mount in Sudan's El-Fasher

Africa

Jailed journalists in Belarus, Georgia win EU’s 2025 Sakharov human rights prize

Europe

US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas liable for damages for enabling Sudan atrocities

Business

Russia has 'captured' the Georgian state, EU 'too complacent', President says

Europe

Robert Badinter and the death penalty: How one lawyer changed French justice

France
Access Asia

Human Rights Watch sounds alarm over China's new draft 'ethnic unity' law

Asia / Pacific
Press Review

Why a Saudi comedy festival drawing big US comedians is no barrel of laughs

Middle East

S. Korean president apologises over foreign adoptions of stolen children

Asia / Pacific

UN calls for Taliban to restore internet as Afghanistan goes dark

Technology

Young woman who rallied for liberties in Iran is now 'looking for freedom' from ICE detention

Long read
Americas