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NEW FIND SUGGESTS HUMANS SPLIT FROM APES IN EUROPE, NOT AFRICA, 2 MILLION YEARS EARLIER
Researchers have long believed that humans split from apes some 5 million years ago in Africa, but a study Monday suggests it happened in Europe far earlie... READ MORE›
7.2-MILLION-YEAR-OLD PRE-HUMAN FOSSILS CHALLENGE EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
Chimpanzees and bonobos are the nearest known relatives to humans, sharing 99 per cent of our DNA... READ MORE›
GREAT APES KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE WRONG
Researchers used a test developed for human babies, about 18 months of age, to determine if they could understand when a person held a false belief... READ MORE›
STUDY FINDS GREAT APES KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE WRONG AND ARE WILLING TO HELP THEM
A person would place an object on one of two boxes, while a great ape looked on... READ MORE›
EBOLA VACCINE CREATED TO PROTECT CHIMPS
Without an Ebola vaccine, argued Walsh, the world will end up with a few little remnant populations of chimps and gorillas... READ MORE›
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DUTCH GOVERNMENT ORDERED TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS IN LANDMARK RULING
The Dutch court's ruling should encourage courts around the world to tackle climate change now... READ MORE›
GERMAN ETHICS COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCEST BETWEEN SIBLINGS TO BE LEGALISED BY GOVERNMENT
In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest put couples in a tragic situation ... READ MORE›
FRANCE CAN NOW SHUT DOWN ANY WEBSITE AND SEARCH WHOEVER IT WANTS
Police in France have been given huge new powers including the ability to put people under house arrest without trial and to block websites... 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›
'TINDER FOR ORANGUTANS': DUTCH ZOO TO LET FEMALE CHOOSE MATE ON A TABLET
The scientists' main problem has been building a touchscreen tough enough to withstand Samboja's attentions, Van Berlo said... 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›
ARGENTINE COURT GRANTS RIGHTS TO APE
Lawyers had appealed to free Sandra from the Buenos Aires zoo by arguing that although not human, she should be given legal rights... 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›
POPE FRANCIS DEMANDS UN RESPECT RIGHTS OF ENVIRONMENT OVER 'THIRST FOR POWER'
Pope Francis has once again reminded world leaders that alleviating poverty and preserving the environment are part of the same struggle, Greenpeace said in a statement... READ MORE›
MEET THE ORANGUTAN WHO NOW HAS THE SAME RIGHTS TO FREEDOM AS A HUMAN
Please read our Orangutans have been granted the status of non-human persons with legal rights in a landmark court ruling in Argentina... READ MORE›
APPEAL CLEARS EX-GANG MAN OF MURDER
Mr George's case was prepared by the Innocence Project at Cardiff University... 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›
FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON
An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... 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›
JUDGE ORDERS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER TO PAY $100M TO VICTIMS
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›
AS FRANCE AND BELGIUM STRENGTHEN SECURITY A CLASSIC DEBATE ARISES
Bart Tommelein, Belgium's federal secretary in charge of privacy, said that the restrictions on privacy would only apply to terrorism suspects... 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›
GERMAN REGULATOR ORDERS FACEBOOK TO ALLOW PSEUDONYMS
However Johannes Caspar, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection, rejected the argument that Facebook should only be subject to Irish data protection laws... READ MORE›
U.S. COURT HANDS WIN TO NSA OVER METADATA COLLECTION
Larry Klayman, the conservative lawyer who challenged the program, said he would appeal to the Supreme Court... 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›
DISABLED MAN FORCED OFF BUS BY REFUSAL TO MOVE PRAM SPARKS EQUALITY TEST CASE
Appeal court weighs legal duty of transport operators to enforce wheelchair users priority over other passengers... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK MUST HAND OVER NEW YORK USERS' INFO TO PROSECUTORS, COURT RULES
Facebook must hand over new york users info to prosecutors court rules... READ MORE›