Human Rights

A year ago today, human rights lawyer and founder of Amnesty International Turkey, Tahir Elçi, was gunned down, Türkan Elçi, his wife, reflects on what happened that day.

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An alternative global strategy for the protection and promotion of workers’ human rights in ICT supply chains is emerging, writes David Foust Rodríguez.

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Police in Kashmir are taking hundreds of protesters in administrative custody using the Public Safety Act, report Majid Maqbool and Wasim Khalid.

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The prisoner is the latest victim of Israel’s form of detention, which doesn’t entail charge nor trial, Noreen Sadik writes.

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On this International Day of Democracy, Iris Gonzales reports on the heavy-handed campaign of the country’s president.

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For International Day of Democracy, Iris Gonzales offers snap shots of the country’s corruption, poverty and drug war.

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When faced with overwhelming evidence of systemic abuse, the country’s prime minister shifted responsibility, writes Mark Isaacs.

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Samuel Malik reports on endemic corruption in Nigeria’s camps for the internally displaced.

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The court ruling may indicate some progress but it also upholds the ban on the refugees’ return. Katie McQue reports.

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The bodies of murdered women should not have to be the catalyst for responsible development, writes Erin Kilbride.

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The story is a complex web of deceit, connecting the ruling elite, royalty, investment banks and offshore tax havens. Nithin Coca reports.

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