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Next week the Ethiopian Parliament is scheduled to vote on a proposition that would include homosexuality as an unpardonable offense, grouping it together with human trafficking, smuggling, and terrorism, amongst others

Human Rights Watch: UK Government Should Abolish ‘Tied Visa’ to Protect Workers, Prevent Forced Labor

An increase in attacks by Boko Haram and uncontrolled reprisals by Nigeria’s security forces has seen the death toll in North East Nigeria rise to at least 1,500 people, more than half of whom are civilians, in the first three months of 2014, Amnesty International said in a briefing published today

The first same-sex weddings have taken place after gay marriage became legal in England and Wales at midnight

Brutal beatings, sexual abuse, and electric shocks are being carried out on detainees, including teenage children, in Egypt, according to testimonies gathered by the BBC

Human Rights Council authorises international criminal probe of alleged atrocities during civil war that ended in 2009