VENEZUELA BANS KEY OPPOSITION LEADER IN TENSE CRISIS

Henrique Capriles was one of the leaders of mass demonstrations this week against socialist President Nicolas Maduro that led to clashes with police... READ MORE›

VENEZUELA BANS KEY OPPOSITION LEADER IN TENSE CRISIS

Henrique Capriles was one of the leaders of mass demonstrations this week against socialist President Nicolas Maduro that led to clashes with police... READ MORE›

PARAGUAY'S PRESIDENT CALLS FOR END TO UNREST AFTER KILLING OF ACTIVIST

Soon after the details of Quintana's killing came to light, both the interior minister and the chief of police stepped down... READ MORE›

PM'S TWEET RANT A SIGN OF PRESSURE

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says a 'tweet meltdown' by Malcolm Turnbull shows he is feeling the pressure of running the government... READ MORE›

RAJBIRAJ PRE-ELECTION RALLY TURNS DEADLY

The opposition party has been critical of the protesters' demand seeking greater rights... READ MORE›

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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›

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›

GAMBIA'S YAHYA JAMMEH LOSES ELECTION TO ADAMA BARROW

Yahya Jammeh, the Gambia's long-time ruler, has lost the presidential election to the opposition leader, according to the electoral commission... 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›

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›

JAPANS PARLIAMENT APPROVES OVERSEAS COMBAT ROLE FOR MILITARY

The debate often doubled as a forum for airing views about Japan's most important ally the United States... READ MORE›

'COUP PLOT' CHARGE FOR CARACAS MAYOR

Venezuela's economy has been heavily affected by the drop in oil prices and in late January, thousands of Venezuelans joined an opposition march in Caracas... 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›

TUNISIAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE QUARTET WINS 2015 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

The Tunisia director of Human Rights Watch, Amna Guellali, said the prize was seen in the country as a reward for sticking with democratic principles... READ MORE›

MAYOR HELD IN VENEZUELA POLICE RAID

Venezuela police raid arrests caracas mayor antonio ledezma... READ MORE›

VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR SAYS OPPOSITION LEADERS TRIAL WAS A FARCE

Mr. Nieves says the pressure came as he was expected to help defeat an appeal filed by Mr. Lopez's lawyers... 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›

POLICE BREAK UP BLOCKADE OF POLAND'S PARLIAMENT AMID POLITICAL CRISIS

Several opposition lawmakers said they would spend the night in parliament... READ MORE›

'NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT MEDIA'

In the biggest parliamentary crisis in years, opposition politicians protested that plan on Friday, blocking a vote on the state budget... 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›

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 a??virginity testsa??, 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›