Across New York, exhibitions highlighting the work of activists, from the mostly unknown to the iconic, offer hope, ...

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in ...

After deaths, stabbings and lawsuits, the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center hopes that a major renovation can save the ...

Displaying banned terrorist organisation symbols or performing a Nazi salute would result in at least a year behind bars ...

With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this ...

Graffiti murals with swear words ... They are imposing two story structures of black, one-way glass protected by green metal bars. When fully staffed, each of these units will have one employee ...

Days after Assad’s fall, Zahra – now 33 -- came to visit Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence in Damascus where he was held for two months. In an underground dungeon, he ...

Assad's system of repression grew as civil war raged Zahra was arrested along with his father after security agents killed one of his brothers, a well-known anti-Assad graffiti artist ... most ...

fly-tipping and graffiti. Let’s get serious on penalties and about policing. All offences should carry a minimum fine of £2,000 and a maximum of £10,000 (with prison terms for multiple offences).

Four women will be sworn into new roles in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's cabinet, just months out from the next election.

Equally, there is no shortage of human rights organisations who believe that Israel has repeatedly handed out lengthy sentences on the basis of evidence that is slender and unreliable; that some of ...

Treatment of the mentally ill is better than putting them behind bars, experts say ... certain forms of mental illness in the health-care system — rather than in prison or jail or detention facilities ...