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New law will let councils opt out of child protection rules

A Government Bill is to give local councils unprecedented new powers to opt out of child…

Child protection services still bad and not improving, MPs warn

Children are being left “at risk of harm” because of the Government’s failure to credibly improve…

FIBA Sanctions Confirm Abuse of Women’s Basketball Officials in Mali, Urgent Monitoring Required

The International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) recent sanctions on high-ranking female basketball officials in Mali have underscored…

International Criminal Justice Day: Erasing Double Standards for Equal Access to Justice

  July 17 marks the Day of International Criminal Justice, commemorating 25 years since the adoption…

I’d rather die

Samer H, 23, is worried if he is deported, he will be forced into the Egyptian…

Rights Groups Allege Istanbul Police Misconduct During Commemoration

Istanbul police have come under scrutiny for allegedly wrongfully detaining activists and subjecting them and their…

Malian Armed Forces and Alleged Wagner Group Fighters Accused of Grave Human Rights Abuses in Central Mali

In a harrowing report released today, Human Rights Watch has documented several dozen cases of summary…

Nicaraguan Victims and Human Rights Organizations Urge Governments to Address Crisis at EU-CELAC Summit

A group of 160 Nicaraguan victims, along with 29 national, regional, and international human rights organizations,…

‘Normalized but not normal’: Nigerian women call out

In December, under the banner “market march”, women walked around Yaba to protest against harassment, groping…

Russia Clamp Down on a Media AND TV Rain Becomes the Latest Victim of ‘Undesirable’ Ban

In a concerning move to silence critical voices, Russian authorities have recently targeted TV Rain, a…