Why give money to support human rights rather than digging a well? The president and CEO of The Fund for Global Human Rights explains why everyone needs human rights – and why international organisations should take the lead from activists on the ground.

Following the expulsion of international observers from Hebron, settler violence is already escalating.

President Jimmy Morales and his allies in business, politics and the military are racing to break the rule of law and consolidate power. Español

Investigation into Tahir Elçi’s shooting by Goldsmiths research group Forensic Architecture sheds new light on stalled case.

The story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by the Dutch authorities.

An attempt to remember, and cope with a trauma that pervades the lives of millions of Egyptians.

Russian rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina has been defending the rights of refugees and displaced persons for years. Here she talks about the decay of the judicial system in Russia, Chechnya and pessimism. RU

Theresa May has made no indication or commitment that she plans to hold onto some hardwon vital safeguards after Brexit.

Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.

Families of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russian jails are fighting for their release – and this struggle is changing them. RU

As filmmaker Oleh Sentsov enters Day 71 of his hunger strike to release all Ukrainian political prisoners, it’s worth thinking about how to expand the field of solidarity.

The conviction of a well-known journalist once again raises the question of the international community’s attitude to repressive regimes – and how foreign aid and human rights have been decoupled.

The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these principles to fend for themselves. RU 

The prosecution of Volodymyr Balukh, who has been on hunger strike since 19 March, has been a show trial for those who are not prepared to accept the new reality of Russian-occupied Crimea. RU

In the four years since the peninsula’s annexation, Russian security services have become well practiced at prosecuting Crimean Tatars on terrorism charges. RU

How the Russian state authorities supports “national traditions” that infringe on the rights of women in the Caucasus. RU

If you're an ethnic Kazakh or a Kazakh citizen in northwest China, you can face detention on espionage and extremism charges. RU

Why is it that the brightest peaceful activists who preach freedom against violence are the first to be killed by the Assad regime?

The prosecution of a Chechen human rights campaigner is a landmark step in the systematic elimination of civil society under Ramzan Kadyrov. RU

A new book on migration processes in the European Union foregrounds human stories, militarising borders and Europe’s new racism. RU