The state cited the need to prevent disinformation – but the ban may have increased citizens’ mistrust instead.

Imaan Mazari and her husband were convicted on three separate charges and sentenced to five years, 10 years and two years.

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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Lagos State Government to immediately halt what he described as ...

One year after the tragic events at Stilfontein's Shaft 11, where 93 lives were lost, the silence surrounding accountability ...

Imaan Mazari has represented ethnic Baloch activists, journalists facing defamation charges and even Afghan nationals, targeted during Pakistan crackdowns. | World News ...

A Christian persecution watchdog has objected to the United Arab Emirates inclusion in President Donald Trump s Board of ...

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A leading Venezuelan human rights group says at least 80 political prisoners have been released under pressure from the US.

The U.S. is expecting at least 5 million international visitors, not to mention the millions of soccer fans at home, to be on ...

A sessions court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday sentenced human rights lawyer Iman Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha, to a combined 17 years imprisonment on ...

ASK notes that the precedent set by this incident conflicts with the principles of a constitutionally recognised, democratic, and human rights-based state ...