Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in 2025. Credit: PA Media The government has defended its ban on Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation, two months after the High Court ruled it was unlawful. A rare five-judge panel at the Court of Appeal is considering whether February's decision to reject Palestine Action's proscription should stand. Opening a three-day defence of the home secretary's proscription of the group, barristers told the Cour

Rather than focusing on elite-level political maneuvering, foreign governments need to recognize the transformative potential of the country’s resistance movement. Duwa Lashi La, the acting president of Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG) visits an NUG-controlled territory in an undisclosed location in Myanmar, Jul. 30, 2025. Credit: Facebook/Acting President Duwa Lashi La A recent analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, “War by Other Means: the T

FAO, WFP and Lebanon’s government say 1.24 million people are ‘expected to face food insecurity’ at crisis levels or worse. Displaced people who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit outside shelter tents in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 24, 2026 [Bilal Hussein/AP Photo] More than 1.2 million people in Lebanon are expected to face acute hunger this year due to “conflict, displacement and economic pressures” amid the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a U

As Israel Prison Service serves settlers lunch in its facility, Palestinian prisoner rights groups warn of ongoing starvation amid Ramadan

A UN fact-finding mission has determined that evidence of atrocities carried out during the siege and takeover of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher points to genocide.

Ramallah, West Bank – Dozens of Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli prisons over the past two and a half years, some during torture while others as a result of medical neglect by prison authorities, rights groups say.

The move would mark the first time since 1967 that Israel has absorbed part of the West Bank into its territory, amid a series of measures entrenching annexation

Rights group cites detainee testimonies about abuse during prison raid led by Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The petition is filed under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which says that all states have the obligation to prosecute a serious crime like genocide even if it is conducted elsewhere by a non-national A Rohingya refugee child looks on as she is stranded due to a boat engine failure in the waters of South Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, October 20, 2024, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. [Antara Foto|Syifa Yulinnas|via REUTERS] A UK-based human rights group has fil

Trailblazing human rights organization to be honored at October gala in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. — With deep pride, the...