China has urged the US and Canada to “clarify” the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer. The daughter of the founder of the Chinese telecoms giant was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December […]
Saudi Arabia tortured and sexually harassed human rights activists, including several women, human rights groups have alleged. Prisoners in the kingdom’s Dhahban Prison have allegedly been electrocuted and flogged. Saudi Arabia arrested several women’s rights […]
A woman accused of killing a patient who had silicone injections in her buttocks in New York should be deported to the United States, a judge has said. Kelly Mayhew, 34, died in 2015 after […]
By Adam Smith Two men who were facing death by firing squad have been saved as questions were raised over the UK’s involvement in the case, metro.co.uk has learned. Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa were both […]
Sleeping rough in public areas is now against the law in Hungary. The law was brought in by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, but the United Nations called it “cruel” insisting it goes against human […]
The governing body of Vancouver’s police force, the Vancouver Police Board, is set to appear at a human-rights tribunal after a woman accused officers of mistreating her because she is Indigenous. The woman, Deborah Campbell, […]
Morocco’s law criminalising violence against women has come into force. The law includes a ban on forced marriage, sexual harassment in public places, and tougher penalties for certain forms of violence. It has been criticised […]
By Elizabeth Shim SEOUL, Sept. 4 (UPI) — Lack of progress on a fund set up in 2015 to assist former “comfort women” may be becoming too much to bear for victims who seek an official apology […]
UN human rights experts believe war crimes may have been committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen. In their first such report, they allege Yemeni government forces, the Saudi-led coalition backing them, and […]
An Austrian court on Thursday found 17 members of Austria’s far-right ‘Identitarian Movement’ (IBÖ) not guilty of charges of criminal association and hate speech. Ten prominent members of the group and seven other “active sympathizers” had […]
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