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As human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees, we speak to some of those who claim to have suffered at the hands of state security forces

Multiple presidents of Canadian universities travelled to Israel in August of 2022.

Saudi Arabia's reported sponsorship of the 2023 Women's World Cup soccer tournament came as a shock to Football Australia, as it is still waiting for clarity from FIFA.

Two years ago, on Feb 1, the day that Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy were set to sit in a new parliament, the Myanmar military shocked the world by staging a deeply unpopular coup.

Human Rights Watch suggests that Ukraine scattered so-called petal mines in and around the city of Izium. Petal mines are prohibited under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, of which Ukraine is a signatory.

HRW says Ukrainian forces ‘extensively’ scattered antipersonnel mines in Izyum, causing civilian casualties.

The US said Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world's two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the latest developments. All times are in Paris time (GMT+1).

Advocacy group Human Rights Watch called on Ukraine on Tuesday to investigate accusations that its military used thousands of rocket-fired antipersonnel landmines in and around the eastern city of Izium when Russian forces occupied the area.

Two young Thai pro-democracy activists began a hunger strike in prison on January 18, 2023 to demand the release of several activists arrested for the crime of "lèse-majesté" – that is, for criticising the royal family. Our Observer, their lawyer, told us how this law is often used to silence…

A human rights watchdog called on Morocco on Friday not to extradite a Shi'ite Muslim to his homeland of Saudi Arabia, citing fears he could face torture and an unfair trial there.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of "mass due process violations" in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data.