Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed ...
Former political prisoner Lotfi Dassi was arrested by security forces in Tunisia on 23 November, apparently in relation to his activities to secure financial aid ...
The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a 21-year-old man, scheduled for 9 December 2009, did not take place. No new execution date has been announced. He is held ...
The Russian authorities must stop persecuting human rights activistsand instead channel their efforts into investigating those responsiblefor their murders.
New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out duringmilitary operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels inMexico has been unveiled in an ...
Ahmed Mustafa Ben-Mohammed, usually known by his pen name of Pir Rostom, a male Syrian political activist, is being held incommunicado at an unknown location. He ...