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Malian soldiers and unidentified "armed white men" likely executed at least 500 people, and sexually assaulted or tortured dozens of others during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali last year, the UN Human Rights Office said on Friday. On March 27, 2022, Malian soldiers and...

The National Assembly of Nicaragua has voted to dissolve the local branch of the Red Cross, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, as part of an ongoing clampdown on groups seen as hostile to the government of Daniel Ortega. The attack on the Red Cross comes amid a widespread push to suppress...

Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed, and had restrictions placed on their movement since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body, the UN says. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers informed the UN early last month that Afghan women employed with...

The Iranian government is executing 10 people every week on dubious charges such as drug trafficking, blasphemy and “national security concerns,” according to human rights groups. The toll stands at 209 people executed as of early May in 2023, while the number for the whole of 2022 was put at over...

The United Nation’s top human rights body adopted a resolution Thursday that drew attention to mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country’s two top generals last month. The Human Rights Council — made up of 47 UN member states —...

A new report says that the killing of protesters amid widespread unrest may constitute “extrajudicial executions.” A human rights commission has stated that the Peruvian government committed abuses as it cracked down on widespread unrest following the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo in...

More than 115,600 children in Haiti are expected to suffer severe wasting from malnutrition this year, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, as an escalation of armed violence worsens food insecurity and a cholera outbreak. That number is more than 30 percent higher than the...

A former Sudanese politician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity has said that he and other former officials are no longer in jail, following reports of a break-out. Ahmed Haroun was among those being held in Kober prison in the capital Khartoum who are facing charges by the International...

Calls are once again ringing out in Canada and the United States for action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls, a persistent problem that has devastated communities across North America for decades. This Friday marks Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US...

Switzerland’s attorney general has filed an indictment against The Gambia’s former interior minister for crimes against humanity committed under former authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Ousman Sonko is accused of having supported, participated in, and failed to...