'YOU ARE EXPECTED TO LIVE UP TO AN IMPOSSIBLE STANDARD'

You get people who are famous for being on social media... READ MORE›

SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AIM TO EXPOSE WHITE NATIONALISTS

A website created Sunday dedicated itself to collecting the names, social media profiles, colleges and employers of people photographed at the rally... READ MORE›

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PAKISTAN ASKS FACEBOOK TO HELP FIGHT BLASPHEMY

Facebook has agreed to send a team to Pakistan to address reservations about content on the social media site, according to the interior ministry... READ MORE›

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›

MAN JAILED FOR DANGLING BABY FROM WINDOW IN ALGERIA

The father dangled his baby out of a window in a high-rise building to attract likes on Facebook... 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›

LIES, PROPAGANDA AND FAKE NEWS: A CHALLENGE FOR OUR AGE

Moy fears the traditional watchdogs and safeguards put in place to ensure those in power are honest are being circumvented by social media... 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›

WHERE DONALD TRUMP GOT HIS REAL POWER

Third, social media is deepening the divide among more conservative and liberal Americans... 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›

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›

SYDNEY BAR UNDER FIRE FOR USING NAKED MODELS AS FRUIT PLATTERS

Another Twitter user described the display as appalling while historian Helen McDonald labelled it horrifying... 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›

SOCIAL MEDIA 'CREEP' ACCOUNTS FLOURISH AT THE MURKY INTERSECTION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS AND FREE SPEECH

As one of the women whose image ended up on the CanadaCreep account, Alanna de Boer believes something should change... 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›

EU BORDER FORCE BLAMES TURKISH AIRLINES FOR SURGE IN ILLEGAL AFRICAN MIGRATION

By the end of 2015, Turkish Airlines will have at least 45 destinations in its African network across 30 countries... 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›

FOR ELECTION NIGHT, SOCIAL MEDIA WILL BE HANGOUT, SUPPORT GROUP FOR VOTERS

Grateful as she is for the camaraderie of her Facebook groups, she thinks the outsized role played by social media during the election has been damaging... READ MORE›

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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›

A BILINGUAL CAMEROON TEETERS AFTER ENGLISH SPEAKERS PROTEST TREATMENT

As the violence and calls for secession in English-speaking areas rise, the issue is quickly becoming a big problem for the central government... 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›