Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an attack in a gold mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, ...

Amnesty International has sharply criticized Algeria for its “escalating repression” and “arbitrary” arrests and “unfair” ...

Amnesty International Nigeria says armed men have killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in a mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state.

Lives are being ruined by a system that is cruel... the DWP erodes dignity by design. We are in a state of severe human ...

Prominent dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah has remained in prison despite completing his sentence last September, according to ...

Faculty and classmates are stepping up to protect the close to 1,400 foreign students who have had their names taken off the ...

Amnesty International Nigeria says armed men have killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in a mining village in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state. According to the watchdog, gunmen arrived by ...

Hundreds of people suspected of witchcraft in Ghana, especially older women, face rampant human rights abuses including ...

The United Nations and human rights activists are warning about an increase in pregnant women being deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti where they say their lives are being put at risk ...

A leading international rights group has accused Mozambique's security forces of a brutal, three-month crackdown on protests ...

A damning Amnesty has found the Department for Work and Pensions benefits system is "cruel", "ruining lives" and " violating ...

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even ...