Tag: Human Rights
![Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners in largest release of war](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-03T170438Z_1689484776_RC2GA5AT5CMG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-RUSSIA-PRISONERS-KYIV-1704301781.jpg?resize=1200,630)
More than 470 prisoners of war on both sides are returning home after swap deals…
![‘Filled with fear’: Former Hong Kong student leader seeks UK asylum](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/34936ZG-highres-1703823176.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Tony Chung was released in June after serving a prison sentence under the security law,…
![Mary Jane Veloso case unresolved as Jokowi prepares to leave office](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/4860697-1703636338.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Jakarta, Indonesia – For more than a decade, Mary Jane Veloso has been held in…
![Israel says Gaza war is like WWII. Experts say it’s ‘justifying brutality’](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-18T124600Z_1863379646_RC2OZ4AISSUE_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1703225412.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Israel’s campaign by relentless bombardment Protests against the Gaza Strip had been raging for three…
![Why is the UNSC vote on Gaza getting delayed repeatedly?](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23355404628699-1703158998.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has decided to call for a cessation of hostilities…
![US’s Blinken condemns Hong Kong authorities over bounties for activists](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-08T092045Z_881705836_RC2X84ALRX7G_RTRMADP_3_G7-JAPAN-FM-BLINKEN-1699439761.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Top US diplomat calls on international community to resist ‘cross-border repression’. US Secretary of State…
![‘Regime of impunity’: Victims react to Fujimori’s prison release in Peru](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_2127-1702576003.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Lima, Peru – He was terrible at math. Loved playing sports. And always seemed to…
![What is the situation in Gaza’s Khan Younis as Israel intensifies attacks?](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-12T074622Z_1775769124_RC2IV4A4TAYR_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-1702382048.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Since the week-long ceasefire in Gaza ended on December 1, Israel has expanded its offensive…
![Batang Kali: A British massacre in colonial Malaya and a fight for justice](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP5602150111-1702263765.jpg?resize=1200,675)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – In the elegant offices of a law firm among the skyscrapers…
![Israel, Palestine and Canada’s ‘schizophrenic foreign policy’](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2014-08-06T120000Z_1611900970_GM1EA8706C702_RTRMADP_3_MIDEAST-GAZA-CANADA-1701438041.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Montreal Canada – More than a month after the bombing of Gaza, the Israeli military…