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          Human rights

          The latest news and updates on human rights

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          The world decided it could tolerate watching Gaza schools be destroyed

          CommentMay 01, 2026
          Graves are prepared for the victims of an air strike on a girls' school in Minab, southern Iran. EPA

          Iran war's horrors are why we should teach the Geneva Conventions in schools

          CommentMarch 19, 2026
          Counter Terrorism Policing London chief Helen Flanagan has said the investigation was 'incredibly complex and challenging'. PA

          UK to launch its first war crimes trial against member of Assad regime

          UKMarch 09, 2026
          Despite efforts made by the UN and other agencies, aid givers were reluctant to invest in long-term capacity building. Reuters

          We need to rethink the UN Sustainability Development Goals

          CommentDecember 19, 2025
          An Israeli soldier in the West Bank. A British national who served with the Israeli military in the West Bank is the target of a new prosecution attempt by a UK-based rights group. AFP

          Rights group seeks prosecution of UK citizen who fought for Israel in Gaza

          UKOctober 24, 2025
          David Kogan, chairman of the Independent Football Regulator, said his job 'is not to make judgments about British foreign policy'. PA

          UK football regulator vows to keep out of British foreign policy

          UKOctober 09, 2025
          Human rights campaigners say Iran has carried out its highest number of executions in 30 years this year, and criticise legal procedure and standards of evidence. Reuter

          Iran executed more than 1,000 this year, the highest for two decades

          MENASeptember 24, 2025
          Police arrest a supporter of Palestine Action at a protest organised by campaign group Defend Our Juries in August. EPA

          Film director Ken Loach hits out at 'absurd' Palestine Action ban

          UKSeptember 03, 2025
          Displaced Palestinians inspect damage to the Yaffa School following an Israeli air strike east of Gaza city on April 23. EPA

          'Trump effect' is catastrophe for billions, Amnesty International says

          MENAApril 28, 2025
          Lawyers said some of the penal code amendments could lead to more abusive practices by Egyptian police. AFP

          Egypt's parliament approves sweeping changes to penal code

          MENAJanuary 15, 2025
          Lorries carrying bodies arrived daily at the Tell Al Nasser cemetery off the motorway between Homs and Hama. Lizzie Porter / the National

          Gravediggers tell a story of tortured souls in Syria

          MENADecember 24, 2024
          The head of the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Paulo Pinheiro said the most important thing in documenting human rights abuses in Syria was 'to protect the civilians'. EPA

          Syria Commission chief on his 13 years of documenting human rights abuses

          USDecember 20, 2024
          EPA / Reuters

          The Assad regime were world leaders in torture. Its survivors will determine Syria's future

          CommentDecember 20, 2024
          Carme Artiga Brugal, co-chair of the AI High Level Advisory Body of the UN, at Abu Dhabi Finance Week. Salim A. Essaid / The National
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          How is AI bias impacting the Global South?

          TechnologyDecember 13, 2024
          The flag-draped casket of Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamad during his funeral in Damascus. Getty Images

          Syrian activist Mazen Al-Hamada buried in Damascus

          MENADecember 12, 2024
          People peer into a chamber at Sednaya Prison, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. Getty Images
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          'Missing for a decade': Thousands of Syrians search for loved ones at Sednaya prison

          MENADecember 09, 2024
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