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Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siegeGaza has been pushed to new depths of despair, civilians, medics and humanitarian workers say, by the unprecedented seven-week-long Israeli military b…
English-speaking minority refugees caught up in clashes between the military and separatists are stranded in neighbouring countryAmid the sound of children excitedly practising a drama for a forthcoming performance, a yam seller calls to passers by wit…
Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not t…
Human rights groups say drop is partly due to EU policies that turn blind eye to rights abuses in countries such as Libya and TunisiaIrregular crossings at Europe’s borders have fallen by 30% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same peri…
NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee campsTimeline: Sudan’s two years of war and its devastating tollSudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its…
Wera Hobhouse says her apparent presence on secret list of critics of country’s human rights record made her a targetUK politics live – latest updatesA Liberal Democrat MP refused entry to Hong Kong to see her young grandson has said her experience sho…
Golani troops were under command of reservist Armoured 14th Brigade, part of division led by Brig Gen Yehuda VachThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit involved in the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in the Gaza Strip last month …
Exclusive: Action comes five years after lack of legal recognition for humanist marriage in England and Wales was ruled discriminatoryTwo couples are taking the government to court over its failure to legalise humanist marriage in England and Wales fiv…
Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’ Israel’s military razed huge swathes of land inside the perimeter of Gaza and ordered troops to turn the area into a “kill zone” where anybody wh…
Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to returnAn Afghan woman who risked her life to defend human rights in her home country before fleeing to the UK has been told by the Home Office it is safe f…