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Malawi

Extinction threat for people with albinism in Malawi as ritual murders rise

People with albinism in Malawi are being attacked, abducted and killed to such an extent that they face extinction in the African country. The dire

Greece

Refugees refuse to budge from makeshift Idomeni border camp in Greece

Greek authorities are urging refugees to leave a makeshift Idomeni camp close to the border with the FYR of Macedonia border to move to official reception centres elsewhere is the country.

Papua New Guinea

Australian offshore detention of asylum seekers 'illegal' rules court

Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Australia’s practice of detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal and must stop. Under

Iran

Six year prison sentence for visiting Iran

French-Iranian woman sentenced after returning to comfort her sick mother

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Egypt

Hollande raises issue of human rights in Egypt

French President Francois Hollande has raised the issue of human rights on his visit to Egypt. The French leader is in the country to witness the

My Europe Series

Locked up in hell - inside Europe's prisons

Inside Europe's crumbling and overcrowded prisons: where suicide is for some the only way out.

My Europe Series

Conditions in some European prisons 'alarming' - human rights group

The head of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture says some inmates have to share beds.

World News

Robots ‘must not be given license to kill’

Autonomous robots should never be used for combat missions because they would undermine the fundamental rules of war, a report has warned.

Bulgaria

'Citizen's arrest' of migrants in Bulgaria condemned by rights groups

Amateur video of a citizen’s arrest of three illegal migrants near Bulgaria’s border with Turkey has sparked controversy, with rights groups

USA

Bruce Springsteen cancels concert in protests at transgender law

Bruce Springsteen has cancelled his concert in North Carolina in the U.S. in protest at an anti-transgender law. The new state ruling bans

Burundi

UN Security Council calls for police options in Burundi

Qatar

Qatar under fire again over treatment of World Cup workers

Qatar has come under fire again over the treatment of World Cup workers, alleging systematic abuses including forced labour. Amnesty International’s

Argentina

Obama says US too slow to react to Argentina's "Dirty War"

US President Barack Obama admitted Washington was too slow to react to Argentina’s “Dirty War” as he attended a ceremony to honour the victims. His

Turkey

All you need to know about the EU-Turkey refugee deal

The first migrant-asylum seeker exchange took place between the EU and Turkey on Monday, April 4, 2016. It comes two weeks after a landmark deal on

Indonesia

Shackled and abused: the plight of Indonesia's mentally ill

The government is trying to tackle the problem but human rights campaigners say implementation is patchy

Cuba

Cuban dissidents arrested ahead of Obama's visit

More than 50 dissidents have been arrested just hours before US President Barack Obama touched down in Cuba. Members of the group, the Ladies in

Europe News

Spain hits out at Turkey migration 'deal'

Spain hit out on Monday at a German-brokered migration deal with Turkey that will be debated by EU leaders later this week. Chancellor Angela Merkel

Cinema

Human rights film festival shines a light on human wrongs

The idea behind the “International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights”: http://www.fifdh.org/site/fr/le- is to provoke debate and to shine a

Russia

Masked men attack journalists and rights activists in the Northern Caucasus

A group of journalists and human rights activists in Russia's Northern Caucasus has been attacked by a group of masked men

Russia

Ukrainian pilot held in Russia ends thirst strike

A Ukrainian pilot being held in Russia has ended her thirst strike. Nadiya Savchenko, who is accused of murdering two Russian journalists, is now