The life of Luz Elsia Almanza, a female human rights defender in Colombia, is in danger, after a paramilitary group declared her to be a "military target". Luz ...
Bobby Wayne Woods, a 44-year-old white man, is due to be executed in Texas on 3 December, his third execution date in two years. He was convicted in 1998 of the ...
Berzani Karro, a Syrian Kurdish man and possible prisoner of conscience, is reported to have been tortured while being held incommunicado for three months after ...
A federal court has lifted the stay of execution in the case of Kenneth Biros, who is now due to be put to death in Ohio on 8 December under the state’s new lethal ...
Yousef Dheeb al-Hmoud, a male Syrian political activist, is being held incommunicado at an unknown location. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Most of the people living in poverty in the world are women. Discrimination is a key driver of poverty. In some countries discrimination against women is built ...
Male Kuwaiti journalist, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader al-Jasem, was detained at a Criminal Investigation office in Kuwait City on 22 November. At a private meeting in ...
Women in Yemen face systemic discrimination and endemic violence with devastating consequences for their lives. Their rights are routinely violated because Yemeni ...
