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Rights group has documented targeting refugees by firearms, explosive weapons when trying to cross into Saudi Arabia.

Between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen into the oil-rich kingdom, according to a new Human Rights Watch report released on Monday. The report comes as Saudi Arabia implements an anti-migrant policy at home and a…

Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26.

Sudan's powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women

Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racism

The US has sent the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use

Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

Now settled in the UK, Amr Hashad says he sees no future for Egypt as long as the authorities evade justice.

Human rights groups may be raising the alarm over El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on gang violence, but the policy is winning huge support for the country’s young president both at home and abroad.

In six months' time voters in Senegal will head to the polls to choose their next president. But observers say that government-imposed restrictions on social media, journalists and opposition parties are a sign that one of the strongest democracies in West Africa is in trouble.