Dying in ‘Hell’: The fate of Palestinian medics jailed by Israel

One of Gaza’s most prominent doctors may have been raped to death, recent revelations show. He’s not the only one.

Study exposes global ‘blind spot’ in human rights protections for dissidents

Intensifying coercive tactics used by repressive states to silence critics abroad requires the set-up of specialist transnational rights protection offices, says a new paper by researchers at Lancaster University and Central European University in Vienna.

Mozambique echoes a year of youth-led protests across Africa

‘The Corrupt are Messing with a Wrong Generation’ - how 2024 became the year of demonstrations by young Africans.

International scholars exchange views on human rights from Chinese history

Drawing wisdom from classics.

Rights organizations call for India to release imprisoned human rights advocate

Human rights organizations on Wednesday urged the government of India to end the prolonged imprisonment of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez. Khurram has been held in custody for three years on charges of terrorism and related offenses, which many believe are unfounded and politically motivated.

Danish parenting tests under fire after baby removed from Greenlandic mother

Campaigners say psychometric tests are discriminatory amid protests over case of Keira Alexandra Kronvold.

How far can the pendulum swing in Brazil?

The world’s fourth-largest democracy has had a turbulent decade. In 2016, thirteen years of left-leaning rule under the Workers’ Party came to a bruising end. Then-president Dilma Rousseff was impeached for breaking budget laws, while former- president Lula, once described by Barrack Obama as the ‘world’s most popular president’, was later imprisoned for corruption.

LGBTQ+ people in Mexico face significant threats of violence, even as formal rights are extended

In a follow up to her 2018 article for LSE USAPP, Caroline Beer writes that, in Mexico, while LGBTQ+ people have formal rights and legal protections, these are rarely enjoyed in any meaningful way. In Mexico, important legal advances for LGBTQ+ rights have been accompanied by an increasingly loud discourse of hate. This hate, combined with the weak rule of law means that LGBTQ+ people experience a high level of ongoing risk of persecution and violence.

Thai court dismisses activist’s spyware suit

Judges say insufficient proof that phone was infected by Pegasus software.