Human rights

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

Soldiers keep watch in downtown Guadalajara as the city prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, in Guadalajara, Mexico, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Eloisa Sanchez/ File Photo

Applying Israel’s 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.

Dissident artist on trial in China for satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group

A People’s Liberation Army honor guard stands under an umbrella during heavy snowfall, with the Tiananmen Gate featuring a portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in the background, in Beijing, China, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

World Cup risks being ‘stage for repression’: Amnesty International

Police officers, including mounted police, stand guard near posters of missing people as relatives of victims of forced disappearance protest outside Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

European nations criticise Israel’s death penalty plans

The amendment, backed by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, calls for mandatory death sentences for some offences.

UN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike

FILE PHOTO: Graves are being prepared for the victims following a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026. Iranian Foreign Media Department/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

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