In Venezuela, “credible, shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings” and impunity for perpetrators, indicate that the rule of law “is virtually …
Rights group accuses China of ‘systematic campaign of human rights violations’ against Muslims
The Chinese government is conducting a mass, systematic campaign of human rights violations against Muslims in the far western region …
The international community has so far utterly failed to protect civilians in Syria
The Syrian government, supported by Russia, is carrying out a deliberate and systematic assault on hospitals and other medical facilities …
EU sued for crimes against humanity
More than 40,000 people have been intercepted in the Mediterranean and taken to detention camps and torture houses under a …
Birma: Abuse of human rights continue, and peace seems further away than ever
Thr hopes raised by the 2015 elections and elevation of Aung San Suu Kyi have been “dashed”, as genocide and …
Sergey Dorenko, the journalist who trashed Putin’s rivals before sacrificing his career to criticize him, has died
On May 9, television and radio journalist Sergey Dorenko suffered an aortic rupture while riding a motorcycle and fell to …
New threat against The Shift News in Malta highlights growing international abuse of defamation laws
A new threat of possible legal action against Malta-based investigative outlet The Shift News has highlighted the growing international abuse …
Police investigating killing of a journalist in Northern Ireland
Global Investigation Agency is concerned by reports that journalist Lyra McKee was killed in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, after shots were …
European election results: 5 things they tell us about Britain’s Brexit crisis
Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party has won a major victory in the European Parliament elections, winning the UK’s most seats and biggest …