A bill before Uganda ’s Parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens ...

In recent years, the concept of “transnational repression” has become central to discussions about the safety of political ...

The local government watchdog’s suspension of a DUP councillor over remarks about LGBTQIA activists is “a clear breach” of ...

Academics and practitioners discuss Gaza's humanitarian crisis and shrinking space for debate in Australian universities.

As Liberia and Sierra Leone continue their fragile recovery from years of civil conflict, a series of high-profile ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday warned that a new bill before Uganda's parliament could be used to shut down civil society, and compared it to a similar Russian 'foreign agents' law. HRW warns ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in the Netherlands on Thursday to accept the International Four Freedoms Award, ...

Mr Zelensky and Ukrainians are "battling for the security of all Europe", said the Roosevelt Foundation. Read more at ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors have dragged the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an ...

Authorities in Tunisia have ordered a one-month suspension of the Tunisian League for Human Rights. It is one of the oldest rights groups in Africa and the Arab world and part of the National Dialogue ...

There has always been a quiet tension between authority and literature. From Plato, who questioned the place of poets in an ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said that with the overwhelming victory of the BNP in the last general election, the people ...