Norway-based rights group says prisoners were convicted on drug-related or murder charges; all prisoners were members of ethnic minority that practices Sunni Islam

Graeme McDowell calls out 'reprehensible' 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but believes golf can be 'force of good'; rights groups accuse Saudis of 'sportswashing' violations

Visiting Kabul, human rights observer Richard Bennett says Taliban instigating policies of 'absolute gender segregation'

Instead of thorough probe into alleged abuses, rights advocates fear Michelle Bachelet will get stage-managed tour including in troubled Xinjiang region; US says 'no expectations'

Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi became head of Interpol in November; he is accused of torturing an opposition figure when working at the UAE Interior Ministry

Three executions coincide with visit by UK's Boris Johnson to Riyadh to lobby for rise in oil output

Bachelet says executions may be related to the ongoing conflict against Iran-backed Houthis and to attempts to silence 'freedom of expression and peaceful assembly'

In letter to UN rights chief, Washington says an invasion could lead to 'kidnappings or torture' of 'political dissidents and religious and ethnic minorities'

Opening ceremony kicks off Winter Games held under cloud of China's human right's record and the COVID pandemic

Statement signed by 175 parliamentarians says continued support to Cairo, reluctance to speak up against abuses has only deepened authorities' 'sense of impunity'