Human rights

Azerbaijan upholds conviction of opposition politician, lawyer says

UN warns of rights clampdown in Iran, across Mid-East amid war

UN rights chief Volker Turk warned that governments have dramatically tightened security and restrictions on people’s actions and movements in public spaces, infringing on their rights.

FIFA chief Infantino says Iran will play their World Cup matches in the US as planned

The first vice-president of the Iran football federation Mehdi Mohammad Nabi (right) greeting Fifa president Gianni Infantino before Iran's friendly with Costa Rica in Antalya, Turkey, on March 31, 2026.

Haiti gangs keep up attacks in breadbasket region after massacre

FILE PHOTO: A police vehicle is parked in front of a police station in Artibonite department in central Haiti, August 29, 2025. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder/File Photo

Foreign media group slams Israeli police attack on former AFP photographer

Israeli security forces use water cannon to disperse protesters that had gathered outside the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem on March 31, 2026.

Amnesty warns of 'huge' human rights risks at 2026 World Cup

Immigration advocates gather outside FIFA's offices to demand that the organization bans ICE and CBP presence at upcoming World Cup events, in Coral Gables, Florida, U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Jailed Palestinians fear death by hanging without due process under new Israeli law

Palestinians protesting against the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, on March 31.

Applying ‘discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be a war crime: UN

Pro-Palestinian activists protesting against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted by military courts of deadly attacks, in London, Britain, on March 31.

Senegal president backs new anti-LGBT law banning 'promotion'

FILE PHOTO: Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands as they attend a session at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem.

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