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In late March, the Malian armed forces and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executed about 300 people in Moura, a village in central Mali. Human Rights Watch opened an investigation into the matter, calling it a massacre. In order to discredit these findings, photos online claim to show hundreds of weapons…

Rwanda has struck a £120 million deal with the UK to take in some asylum seekers who arrive in Britain illegally. Tens of thousands of people could be resettled under the agreement over the years. Refugee groups have slammed the move as unethical and expensive. Human Rights Watch tells us…

Law banning abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy does not allow exemptions in cases of rape, incest or human trafficking.

It was market day in the town of Moura in central Mali when Malian troops backed by white mercenaries descended in helicopters and opened fire on bewildered residents, according to witnesses' accounts.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on April 4 2022 that Britain would relocate some asylum seekers arriving in the UK to Rwanda. The plan was condemned by the opposition as well as human rights groups such as Amnesty International. The UK has settled on Rwanda after earlier reports that…

‘The brutality displayed against Ukrainian civilians has raised all red flags’, UN official tells security council

Human Rights Watch on Saturday asked Cameroon to protect prisoners from a cholera outbreak, saying at least six inmates had died in the country's second largest jail since March.

It’s the latest step Russia has taken to undermine international watchdog organizations amid its invasion of Ukraine.

MOSCOW: Russia says it is shutting down the local offices of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that have been working in the country for the past 30 years.

Ukrainian and British leaders discuss a new package of financial and military aid, the UK government says.

A spokesperson for US President Joe Biden stops short of calling the deaths of dozens of people a war crime, but says the US will support "efforts to investigate exactly what happened".