KP SHARMA OLI APPOINTED NEPAL'S NEW PRIME MINISTER

KP Oli from Communist Party of Nepal was sworn in on Thursday as country's 41st prime minister... READ MORE›

IN BEIJING, IT'S HARD TO AVOID XI JINPING'S PROLIFIC PROPAGANDA

BEIJING -- People joke that it's now easier in many Chinese cities to use Communist Party slogans rather than street names to give directions... READ MORE›

CHINA TRADE MINISTER PLEDGES EASIER MARKET ACCESS FOR FOREIGN INVESTOR

Writing in the latest issue of Communist Party theoretical journal Qiushi, Zhong said that the government would raise the level of use of foreign investment ... READ MORE›

COMMUNIST-ERA POLICE OFFICER NAMED HEAD OF CZECH POLICE WATCHDOG

The Communist party deputy chairman, Jiri Dolejs, defended the appointment... READ MORE›

LEFTIST ALLIANCE LEADING NEPAL ELECTION RESULTS

An opposition alliance between Nepal's two major communist parties has a strong lead in landmark post-war parliamentary and provincial elections, according to preliminary results... READ MORE›

XI JINPING MAKES CHINA'S TOILETS A NUMBER TWO PRIORITY

The stench and filth of many Chinese toilets horrifies foreigners... READ MORE›

FORCED EVICTIONS IN FREEZING BEIJING WINTER SPARK PUBLIC OUTRAGE, LITTLE OFFICIAL REMORSE

Hundreds of volunteers have gathered to help migrant workers with offers of temporary accommodation or assistance in moving their belongings... READ MORE›

PREMIER LI VOWS TO BRING CHINA-CEEC COOPERATION, CHINA-HUNGARY TIES TO NEW HIGH

China and Hungary have also made strides in people-to-people exchange and cooperation in the areas of culture, education, sports, tourism and traditional Chinese medicine, he said... READ MORE›

FORBIDDEN CITY AND VATICAN TRY 'ART DIPLOMACY'

Among the 40 works the Vatican will be lending, 38 will come from its Anima Mundi ancient Chinese collection... READ MORE›

CHINA MILITARY SETS UP WEBSITE TO REPORT LEAKS, FAKE NEWS

He has also reasserted the ruling Communist Party's role in limiting and guiding online discussion... 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›

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›

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›

HOW GEORGE MICHAEL'S WHAM! BAFFLED COMMUNIST CHINA AND INSPIRED ITS YOUTH

How George Michael's Wham! baffled Communist China and inspired its youth... READ MORE›

CHINA ORDERS OFFICIALS TO STOP BELIEVING IN GHOSTS AND GHOULS AND STICK TO MARX AND LENIN

China rsquo's top graft buster has turned lsquo Ghostbuster rsquo as he warned members of the ruling Communist Party to stop believing in the supernatural... READ MORE›

MEMO FROM CHINA CHINA USES PICKING QUARRELS CHARGE TO CAST A WIDER NET ONLINE

DUNHUANG, China -- An oil-field worker in this Gobi Desert town posted poetry online memorializing the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown... 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›

BELIEVE IN SOCIALISM NOT SORCERY, CHINA TELLS PARTY MEMBERS

One of China's top leaders has chastised Communist party cadres for putting ghosts and gods before Marx and Lenin... 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›

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›

AI WEIWEI CLOSES DENMARK EXHIBITION OVER REFUGEE LAWS

This decision follows the Danish parliament's approval of the law proposal that allows seizing valuables and delaying family reunions for asylum seekers... 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›

'IT'S GETTING WORSE': CHINA'S LIBERAL ACADEMICS FEAR GROWING CENSORSHIP

Before Xi Jinping we feared only that they would delete our posts... 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›

WOMAN GETS 'GAG LAW' FINE FOR FACEBOOK PHOTO OF POLICE CAR IN DISABLED SPACE IN SPAIN

Woman gets gag law fine for facebook photo of police car in disabled space in spain... READ MORE›