Tanzania's government is facing growing accusations of repression after prominent human rights defenders say they were beaten ...

Christian leaders have expressed dismay over an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan acquitting 10 Muslim men accused of the ...

The letter is based on the original by Karim Kattan, which was published in the French outlet Liberation on Monday and signed ...

The letter, also signed by Jeanette Winterson, Irvine Welsh, Kate Mosse and Elif Shafak, describes Israel's military campaign ...

Newton Emerson writes a twice-weekly column for The Irish News and is a regular commentator on current affairs on radio and television.

While international headlines are often dominated by South Sudan’s humanitarian crises, its floods, famine, and ...

More than 300 of the most prominent writers from the UK and Ireland have called Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’. In an ...

As dawn breaks over Gaza today, it does so on a landscape shredded by relentless bombardment and a blockade that has turned ...

This is familiar as an Amnesty International slogan, although variations of it have been used by campaigners against any immigration controls. Legislators should be careful implying they reject ...

Zadie Smith, Elif Shafak and Hanif Kureishi are among the 380 writers and organisations from the UK and Ireland that have ...

Government announces measures to encourage the use of undeclared savings; Decree on way and a bill to “protect savers.” ...