around a burning barricade during a protest in Tehran on September 19 [AFP] By Maziar Motamedi Tehran, Iran The 22-year-old was arrested earlier this month in the capital, Tehran, by Iran’s so-called “morality “There is not going to be regime change in Iran. But the semi-official Fars news website said Karimi had liquidated or transferred his assets prior to leaving Iran.

Troops loyal to Myanmar’s junta have killed more than 80 ethnic Chins in the country since the military Translated by Khin Maung Nyane. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.

Over the course of the year, more than 7,000 protesters, students, journalists, environmental activists Throughout the year Iran’s authorities sought to stifle any sign of dissent by stepping up their crackdown In addition, at least 112 women human rights defenders were arrested or remained in detention in Iran She fled Iran after she was released on bail and has since described in media interviews how she was 700 Ahwazi Arabs were detained incommunicado according to activists outside Iran.

16 April 2021, 05:49 UTC Amnesty International/Tsvangirai Mukwazhi Hundreds of thousands of people trapped

A man walks past a train on the Abuja-Kaduna night railway line in Abuja, on July 21, 2016. that so-called bandits and the terrorists known as Boko Haram have formed a united front to attack trains “Preliminary reports of what transpired at the Kaduna train attack show that there is a kind of collaboration Gunmen Attack Train Near Nigeria's Capital, Kill Some Riders Kachalla Ali’s high-profile attacks have A week after the train attack the bandits released a wealthy hostage, Alwan Hassan, acting CEO of the

By Sebastian Usher and Leo Sands Protesters in London campaign against Iran's use of the death penalty According to the Iran Human Rights Group they were among 32 people executed in the past week alone. Rights groups report that Iran also executes more women than any other country, the majority of whom On Wednesday, the Iran Human Rights Group says former child bride Soheila Abadi was hanged in prison of 2022 - more than double the number executed over the equivalent period in the previous year.

Japanese government has taken some positive steps to improve the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender But the country’s legal gender recognition procedure – the law that allows transgender people to be recognized hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans around the world, including the Japanese government, propagate medical and policy paradigms that deem trans people "mentally ill." ©2015 Reuters/Thomas Peter In Japan, transgender people who seek legal gender

Lyammouri added that the death toll was likely higher than officials had estimated. security situation has fueled one of the fastest-growing displacement crises in the world, with more than

Saturday's violence comes less than three weeks after peacekeepers from the United Nations and African Professionals' Association, which was at the forefront of the anti-Bashir movement, called for the current transitional

Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images The United Nations says it has received “credible allegations” that more than Secretary general Antonio Guterres said in a report that “more than two thirds” of the deaths were alleged

Kagame, gradually transforming from activist to opponent to, as the government now alleges, a supporter said, was to highlight the plight of “millions” of Rwandan refugees and exiles, like him, who remain trapped outside the country, more than a quarter century after the genocide.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a meeting with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (not pictured REUTERS/Luong Thai Linh/Pool Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a meeting with Vietnamese President Tran More than 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim group have fled from Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s Rakhine