Demonstrators in Morocco have taken to the streets of the capital, Rabat, to demand an improvement to the human rights situation.

The UN's Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) issued a statement highlighting several serious human rights violations recorded in the country.

A 170-kilometre-long human chain was formed between the northern city of Tripoli and southern city of Tyre crossing the whole of Lebanon.

Dr. Widad Akreyi, who lived through two genocides, has become one of the major defenders of human rights in Iraq and beyond.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have halted their assault on Daesh's final enclave in Deir ez-Zour in order to give time for civilians to evacuate the city. However, the militant organisation ISIS has been using the civilians as human shields in order to block any further advance into their territory.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that dozens of Syrians in opposition-held Idlib are being detained and tortured by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)

According to a recently released report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), "vast areas of impunity" remain globally for people traffickers.

A number of Libyan officials and activists have attended a workshop held by the Department of Political Science at the University of Sirte, to find solutions to tackle illegal migration from their city into Europe.

Lawyers and civil society activists in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq call for greater legal capabilities to convict ISIS militants, especially those who kidnapped and killed Yazidi men, women and children.

Sanctions include global asset freeze and travel ban on individuals identified

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As the battle for Mosul rages on, one of ISIS’ most sinister tactics has been its use of human shields. Tens...

ISIS appears to be using tens of thousands of people as “human shields” in and around Mosul, where Iraqi forces...

Country’s air campaign in Syria’s Aleppo prompts NGOs to call for UN member states to drop it from the council....

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Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages...