Human rights
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Muslim organisations also among those to decry ruling signed off by mayor David Lisnard outlawing full-body swimsuits
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Peter Dutton dismisses revelations and accuses asylum seekers of making false claims of sexual assault
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In part three of four of our series, we look at the threats to an open and democratic web
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Our LGBTI event was marred by arrests, abuse, humiliation and no explanations or warrants. Our government does not protect us, despite what it says
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Leading dissident Antonio Rodiles has been arrested more than 50 times in the past year, but he says he has moments of optimism about political change in Cuba
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Site C hydroelectric dam, which will lead to the flooding of more than 5,000 hectares of land, spurs concerns for indigenous people who rely on the area
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Letters: Indigenous peoples are being murdered, criminalised, threatened, evicted from their land, and their rights to health and education are systematically violated
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Wang Yu, who has been lauded by the American Bar Association, renounces her work and awards in what rights groups say was forced confession
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Rights lawyer Gou Hongguo given a three-year suspended prison sentence after state media says he tried to ‘subvert state power’
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Letters: This young British citizen is subject to protective orders under the inherent jurisdiction of the high court – and orders have been made to try to secure her safe return. But her father is refusing to cooperate
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New investigation comes after US military found credible accounts from 28 July airstrike, during which activists suggest 28 civilians were killed
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Iran Human Rights says prisoners sentenced to death following confessions extracted under torture
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Done the right way, the hosting of the World Cup and the summer Games could have been a catalyst for the long overdue modernisation of Rio’s favelas. But rapid development and surging property prices have hardly benefited their inhabitants.
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch representatives visited Nauru to examine Australia’s offshore immigration system and say they were shocked by what they found
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For Amnesty, Brazil the first Olympics in South America are already a bitter disappointment in terms of the promises made when Rio won the 2016 Games bid
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A tense stand off inside a Yerevan police station has ended after a group of pro-opposition gunmen surrendered. The crisis triggered protests as thousands took to the streets to demand the president’s resignation, occasionally clashing with the police. 4Plus, a women’s photojournalist collective based in the capital, shows how it unfolded
The Nauru files Legal advice says inquiry into child sex abuse can examine Nauru regime