Drones now leading cause of civilian deaths in Sudan

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday issued a high alert on the widening use of drones in the conflict in Sudan.

The Guardian view on Iran’s repression: political prisoners such as Narges Mohammadi need freedom not bombs

The critically ill Nobel peace laureate should be released. Iranians’ human rights are under attack from both the regime and the US-Israel war.

The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan.

How Brazil is starting to rein in Big Tech

A recent White House meeting between presidents Lula and Trump may have thawed the ice on trade, but Brazilian legislators remain intent on holding Silicon Valley to account.

Inside the jails where Russia breaks Ukraine prisoners ‘like dogs’

The young Ukrainian lieutenant talked back too much so his Russian jailers beat him to a pulp.

Senior Sri Lankan monk arrested for alleged child sex crimes

A prominent Buddhist monk has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in the highest-profile case involving a local religious leader.

Quebec court annuls ombudsperson’s report on former human rights commission president

The report, alleging abuse of power and poor management, resulted in Tamara Thermitus’s resignation.