THAT 'HARMLESS' RADIOACTIVE CLOUD OVER EUROPE DID COME FROM RUSSIA AFTER ALL

BERLIN -- Remember that harmless radioactive cloud that mysteriously drifted across Europe back in September?... READ MORE›

RUSSIA CONFIRMS SPIKE IN RADIOACTIVITY AFTER NUCLEAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS

Mayak accounts for half of Russian exports of radioactive isotopes... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES CHALLENGE SCOTTISH NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSFERS

Scottish government policy allows for the substitution of nuclear waste with a radiologically equivalent amount of materials from Sellafield in Cumbria, northern England... READ MORE›

NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SENDS 'HARMLESS' RADIOACTIVE CLOUD OVER EUROPE

There has been no impact on human health or the environment in Europe, it said... READ MORE›

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UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST

Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›

'TAKE COVER' EMERGENCY DECLARED AT HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION IN WASHINGTON STATE

Near where two tunnels join together there is a six-metre by six-metre cave-in, said a Hanford joint information centre spokesperson... READ MORE›

LAW CHANGED SO NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPS CAN BE FORCED ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Friends of the Earth's planning advisor, Naomi Luhde-Thompson, said Communities will be rightly concerned about any attempts to foist a radioactive waste dump on them... READ MORE›

4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL

Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›

'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA

Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›

FIRE ON SHIP WITH RADIOACTIVE WASTE

WWF Scotland, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and SNP MSP Rob Gibson have raised concerns about radioactive waste being transported by sea... READ MORE›

LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR

Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE

Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›

'FUKUSHIMA CATASTROPHE ONGOING: LEAKAGE ON A DAILY BASIS'

One of the ones is the high radioactive waste storage pools that aren't even inside radiological containment... READ MORE›

PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST

Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›

BOMB-GRADE URANIUM SHIPMENTS THROUGH ONTARIO PROMPT OUTCRY

Weapons-grade nuclear waste shipments to U.S. prompt outcry... READ MORE›

THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE

I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›

PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS

MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›

FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF

More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›

SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS

There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›

U.S. BLOCKS SOME ANTI-DRUG FUNDS FOR MEXICO OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

State Department has decided that Mexico failed to reach some human rights goals triggering a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid... READ MORE›

NOT BEING TORTURED ISN'T THE ONLY HUMAN RIGHT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED

A day does not go by without news reports of grave human rights abuses in countries across all regions of the world... READ MORE›

SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CASTIGATES WORLD BANK OVER ITS APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS

For decades, the World Bank has argued that human rights and development are mutually reinforcing... READ MORE›

AI WEIWEI ACCUSES CAMERON OF SACRIFICING BRITAIN'S VALUES BY PURSUING CHINA'S MONEY

Ai Weiwei accuses David Cameron of sacrificing UK's human rights record for Chinese cash... READ MORE›

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PLANT WHERE WORKERS ARE TAKING COVER

Developed in 1943 as a nuclear reactor and processing plant, Hanford was once home to the first large-scale plutonium production reactor in the world... READ MORE›

RUSSELL BRAND DESCRIBES ONE-MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR TUNISIA VICTIMS AS 'ABSOLUTE BULL****'

Russell Brand describes one-minute's silence for Tunisia victims as 'absolute bull '... READ MORE›

Related Stories Torture is still rife in Mexico and is routinely used to extract confessions, according to a new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International... READ MORE›

WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING ABOUT THE CIA TORTURE REPORT

But the Obama administration, having formally banned torture, hasn't lifted a finger to punish those guilty for these egregious human rights abuses... READ MORE›

WOMEN IN INDONESIA SUBJECTED TO PAINFUL 'VIRGINITY TESTS' TO JOIN POLICE FORCE

The Government in Indonesia is subjecting female recruits for its national police to painful and traumatic virginity tests, a human rights watchdog has found... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON DISMISSES RISK OF RIFT WITH US OVER CHINA

Amnesty International has also promised demonstrations in London over China's human rights record... READ MORE›

UN LASHES AUSTRALIAN 'CONTEMPT AND HOSTILITY' TOWARD ASYLUM SEEKERS

"Too often, governments try to avoid their legal obligations to refugees and victims of human trafficking by characterising them all as 'migrants', labelling victims of abuse as 'illegal'," it says... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES TAKES UP COMPLAINT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY OIL FIRMS

Activists called the complaint one of a first wave of legal challenges seeking redress for human right violations from climate change... READ MORE›

CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD - IN 60 SECONDS

Dozens of people are believed to remain in prison 20 years after the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy movement and independent trade unions remain illegal... READ MORE›

U.N. CRITICIZES CZECH DETENTIONS AND STRIP-SEARCHES OF REFUGEES

The criticism follows reports by the Czech public human rights officer and multiple independent lawyers and non-governmental organizations working with refugees... READ MORE›