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Toomaj Salehi, who was beaten and tortured in jail, has just 20 days to appeal charges of "corruption on Earth"

Amnesty International urges global probe into civilian killings in Merawi, Amhara region Addis Standard -

African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate killings of civilians by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in Merawi town,

African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate killings of civilians by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces.

Former UN Special Rapporteurs and former UN experts in the field of human rights issue an open letter on Israeli military operations in Rafah.

THE Department of Justice  (DOJ) on Thursday assured United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan that "red-tagging" is not a policy of the government. Khan and officials of the DOJ led by Undersecretaries Jessie Andres and Raul Vasquez had a…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed a rocket expert from the Islamist Hamas in Syria on Monday, the IDF said in a Telegram post on Monday, while there were reports that a military commander of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement was killed with another person in southern Lebanon. "Today (Monday), the IDF eliminated Hassan Hakashah in Beit Jinn in Syria," the Israeli military said, adding that Hakashah was "a central figure" responsible for rockets fired from Syria into Isra...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed a rocket expert from the Islamist Hamas in Syria on Monday, the IDF said in a Telegram post on Monday, while there were reports that a military commander of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement was killed with another person in southern Lebanon. "Today (Monday), the IDF eliminated Hassan Hakashah in Beit Jinn in Syria," the Israeli military said, adding that Hakashah was "a central figure" responsible for rockets fired from Syria into Isra...

Joel Nnaemeka Ugwuoke was an aspiring musician and a hip-hop fan. He was respectful and hardworking, and he loved football. He was also a Political Science freshman at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

Ad Melkert, the former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq until 2011, delivered an inspiring