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Iran under pressure a year after downing Ukrainian airliner

Obfuscation over missile strike that killed 176 undermines trust towards Tehran

Daniel Ortega tightens screws on opponents as Nicaragua polls loom

National Assembly passes law barring ‘traitors’ from standing for public office

Mental health crisis across Africa as pandemic disrupts services

Half of 30 countries globally with highest suicide rates are in Africa, says WHO

Burundians responsible for serious rights violations continue to enjoy impunity

UN inquiry says torture, rape and arbitrary detention among the wrongdoings documented over the past 16 months

Hundreds of children returned to Libya from Mediterranean in 2020

Dire condition of Libyan migrant detention centres condemned by human rights groups

Journalists resign at Hungary's top news site in row over press freedom

Index editor sacked and dozens of journalists quit amid concerns for independence

‘National consultation’ looms as court defeats anger Orban

Hungary’s populist leader denounces legal orders to compensate Roma and prisoners

DRC warlord Bosco Ntaganda given 30 years for war crimes by ICC

Sentence is longest in court’s history and includes first conviction for sexual slavery

Pope urged to address human rights issues during visit to Africa

Papal visit began in Mozambique, where he spoke about ‘fraternal reconciliation’

Nigerian trafficking survivors ‘lack support’ when they return

Traumatised women are being detained by authorities, says Human Rights Watch

From school to the grave, military service tears families apart in Eritrea

Indefinite national service is causing heartache and fuelling migration to Europe

At least 55 killed in latest outbreak of gang violence in Brazil’s prisons

Most of the dead apparently strangled in their cells on Sunday and Monday

Kenya set to rule on decriminalising homosexuality

LGBT+ community quietly optimistic Kenya will be the first east African country to do so

Saudi Arabia frees three women’s rights activists from jail

Three remain on trial with eight others in case condemned by human rights groups

Thai princess’s pro-Thaksin party faces fight for survival

Elections watchdog asks for Thai Raksa Chart party to be dissolved for violating constitution

Six people died every day crossing the Mediterranean in 2018

New figures from UNHCR demonstrate impact of reduced search and rescue operations

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