THOUSANDS MARCH IN MALAYSIAN CAPITAL CALLING FOR PM NAJIB TO STEP DOWN

So I'm here to protest against our prime minister, said artist Fahmi Reza, holding a poster of a clown-faced Najib... 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›

PARIS CLIMATE ACTIVISTS PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST USING EMERGENCY LAWS

The author and climate change campaigner, Naomi Klein, accused French authorities of a gross abuse of power that risks turning the summit into a farce ... READ MORE›

POLICE TEARGAS DEMONSTRATORS PROTESTING AMERICAN TROOPS IN PHILIPPINES AT US EMBASSY IN MANILA

Police teargas demonstrators protesting American troops in Philippines at US embassy in Manila -- RT News... 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›

THESE WHITE MEN WERE ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND FERGUSON'S PROTESTS WITH ASSAULT RIFLES

St Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar called the Oath Keepers' presence both unnecessary and inflammatory, according to NBC News... 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›

THOUSANDS GATHER IN U.S. CITIES FOR 4TH DAY OF ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS

Hours before Saturday's demonstrations were set to begin, a protester in Portland was shot as he took part in a march across the Morrison Bridge... READ MORE›

FOR OBAMA PERSONAL AND PRESIDENTIAL INTERSECT IN KENYA

Two advocacy groups, Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights, or Muhuri, were placed on a list of entities suspected of ties to the Shabab... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 17 KILLED, DOZENS INJURED IN E. ALEPPO AS REBELS DISPERSE PROTESTERS WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE

At least 17 killed, dozens injured in E. Aleppo as rebels disperse protesters with machine gun fire... 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›

CLASHES AT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HQ

Hong kong protesters clash with police at government hq... 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›

ARAB SPRING 'COST REGION $600BN' IN LOST GROWTH, UN SAYS

The Arab Spring protest movement has cost the region 614 billion in lost growth since 2011, the UN says... READ MORE›

OBAMA CALLS ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED

The recent election in Ethiopia was anything but a democratic one, said Sarah Margon, the Washington director of Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›

SEAWORLD ACCUSED OF SENDING EMPLOYEE TO INFILTRATE ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTESTS

Jones has been involved in Peta protests against SeaWorld for several years, and was arrested alongside other activists in 2014... READ MORE›

ACTIVIST REMOVED AFTER HECKLING OBAMA AT LGBT EVENT AT WHITE HOUSE

An activist interrupted President Obama on Wednesday at a White House event celebrating L.G.B.T... 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›

ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL

Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... 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›

KERRY IN EGYPT DISCUSSES BALANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND TERROR FIGHT

Last week a bipartisan group of six senators released a public letter urging Mr. Kerry to make human rights a centerpiece of his visit to Egypt... READ MORE›

GUATEMALANS OUSTED PRESIDENT OTTO PREZ MOLINA NOW WHAT

The protesters have won the first round by ousting the president... READ MORE›

She said she was seeking to regulate nonprofit groups more strictly in part to dispel fears among Egyptians about international funding being misused and some N... 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›

VOICES FROM BURUNDI SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES

Ms. Nivyabandi also fled Burundi in 1993, when civil war erupted after soldiers from the country's Tutsi minority assassinated the first president elected from the Hutu majority... 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›