Human rights defenders offering humanitarian aid and support to refugees and migrants in northern France face harassment, intimidation and violent assaults by the French authorities, a new report by Amnesty International says.
A prominent human rights activist who has been involved in campaigning for political reform in Saudi Arabia has launched a legal claim against the Saudi government, alleging they have targeted him with spyware.
As almost no advertising revenue is available from a fledgling private sector independent of the government, this advertising ban poses a grave threat to the media group’s economic viability.
Reports that detainees in Uganda are being tortured and denied access to specialised medical care have been denounced by the World Medical Association.
UN human rights experts have raised alarm over the increase in killings, attacks and other acts of intimidation against human rights defenders in Guatemala.
Amnesty International has learned that the Iraqi authorities disabled internet access shortly before the security forces attacked people protesting over unemployment and inadequate government services across the south of the country.