UN experts warn of deepening fundamentalism threats to women rights activists

Women who step up to defend human rights are facing worsening obstacles amid a global trend of fundamentalism and populism, a group of UN experts has warned.

Egypt journalists' union head gets two-year jail term

The head of the journalists' union in Egypt and his two colleagues have been sentenced to two years in prison for "harbouring fugitives".

Borno to partner with UN Human Council on rehabilitation of victims of insurgency

The Borno government said on Wednesday that would collaborate with the UN Human Right Council in the rehabilitation of victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the state.

Alhaji Usman Durkuwa, the Deputy Governor said this while receiving a team of UN rapporteurs on Human Rights in Maiduguri.

Durkuwa represented Gov. Kashim Shettima at the event.

Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims

Human rights organisation Amnesty has accused Apple, Samsung and Sony, among others, of failing to do basic checks to ensure minerals used in their products are not mined by children.

In a report into cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it found children as young as seven working in dangerous conditions.