Human Rights

Former detainees say they were forced to eat pork in re-education camps and detention centres.

Three human rights activists freed after a month in prison for ‘joining a terror group’ and ‘spreading false news’.

Parents of 333 children are believed to be in the US, while parents of the other 295 are believed to...

Australians continue to believe they are fighting a good war in Afghanistan, despite mounting...

Human rights activists welcomed the order saying it will bring accountability – but cast doubts over its implementation.

US blocks cotton made by firm in China’s Xinjiang province, saying it uses forced labour of Uighur Muslims.

Rights groups oppose Bangladesh move to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to a flood-prone island off its coast.

Internationally recognised lawyer returns to a women’s prison where her husband says health concerns persist.

Rights group says executions ‘particularly appalling’ due to ‘systematic breaches of fair trials’ documented in Egypt.

A group of activists risk their lives to free enslaved fishermen working for Thai fishing companies in Indonesia.

While camps have been described as ‘open-air prisons’ they also functioned as a refuge for families with nowhere to go.

Groups raise concern about the UAE’s role in Libya, Yemen conflicts in attempt to halt $23bn in arms sales.

Switzerland rejects extending corporate liability over rights abuses and environmental harm caused abroad.

Guatemala’s Congress annulled a contentious budget this week, but protesters are still calling for president to resign.