Princess Latifa: secret videos raise fears for ruler’s daughter forcibly returned to Dubai
Smuggled footage from daughter of sheikh says she is hostage in villa surrounded by police
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Four years at sea, now just metres from shore: ‘living hell’ of stranded UAE ship
Five seafarers are stuck in limbo on a beached tanker after a long, terrifying ordeal of abandonment
Read moreThe world’s bad guys are winning. Is anyone going to stand up to them?
From the coup in Myanmar to the autocratic regimes in China and Russia, western values are under increasing threat
Read moreBangladesh: Crackdown as Elections Loom
According to Human Rights Watch recent news article Bangladesh security forces have been arresting and intimidating opposition figures and threatening freedom of expression in advance of national elections on 30 December 2018. A report published by Human Rights Watch focuses on the Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh. Since 2013, law enforcement authorities in Bangladesh have illegally detained scores of opposition
Read moreDrowned, restrained, shot: how these migrants died for a better life
We may never know the life stories of the many thousands who died trying to reach Europe. But this is a tiny snapshot of some of the names on the List
Read more‘Hate-filled’ narratives target minorities globally, says Amnesty International
Human rights group says Rohingya’s experience is emblematic of violent trend against vulnerable groups
Read moreMigrant domestic workers in Jordan run the gauntlet between abuse and jail
Migrants in Jordan who flee abusive employers risk being imprisoned as illegal workers if they fail to find shelter with their embassies
Read moreUK government awards £6m to projects working to end child slavery
Modern slavery innovation fund will back global projects to stop child exploitation in factories making products sold in Britain
Read moreShould writers boycott book festivals in countries where rights are under threat?
Luxurious offers from international events are tempting – but as authors and campaigners explain, they come with heavy ethical baggage
Read moreMyanmar to investigate video of police beating Rohingya villagers
State newspaper says police were acting on a tipoff that militants from the Muslim minority were being sheltered in the village
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