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AMNESTY ACCUSES PRESIDENT TRUMP OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Donald Trump of hateful politics and of being a threat to human rights... READ MORE›
'BEYOND COMPREHENSION': MYANMAR ADMITS KILLING ROHINGYA
As part of an ongoing campaign against the group, Myanmar also rejects many peaceful Rohingya citizens as terrorists ... READ MORE›
UN RIGHTS OFFICE RAISES ALARM OVER EGYPT EXECUTIONS
The United Nations human rights office has expressed deep shock and concern over the reported executions of 20 people in Egypt over the past two weeks... READ MORE›
HOPES RAISED FOR RELEASE OF BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JAILED IN ETHIOPIA
The Ethopian government claims he is a terrorist, while human rights campaigners say the father-of-three was illegally detained on politically motivated charges... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST TO HEAD AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Renowned international rights group Amnesty International has chosen South African civil society leader, anti-apartheid campaigner and life-long activist Kumi Naidoo as the organisation's next Secretary General... READ MORE›
DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA HAS NO CLEAR GUIDELINES, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS
Most of the judges felt that since there are very few executions, retaining capital punishment is justified... 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›
'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›
DRAWINGS OF POLICE TORTURING A SUSPECT CAPTIVATE CHINA
Mr. Liu said in the telephone interview that he was not afraid of possible retaliation from the police over the drawings... READ MORE›
JAMES HOLMES SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR US CINEMA KILLINGS
Profile Aurora gunman James Holmes In July, Holmes was convicted on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and an explosives charge over the shootings in Aurora, Colorado... 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›
PALESTINIAN POET ASHRAF FAYADH'S DEATH SENTENCE QUASHED BY SAUDI COURT
Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, said Instead of beheading Ashraf Fayadh, a Saudi court has ordered a lengthy imprisonment and flogging... READ MORE›
WHO ARE THE FOUR AMERICANS STILL BEING HELD IN IRAN?
But the agreement makes no mention of Americans who have been held in Iran for years... READ MORE›
BANGLADESHI FRUIT PICKERS SHOT AT BY GREEK FARMERS WIN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
Morsed Chowdury, the lead applicant in the European case, and the human rights watchdog Amnesty International welcomed the decision taken by the court in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE›
TURKEY HOLDS SIX RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON CHARGES OF AIDING TERROR GROUP
After this decision none of us who defend human rights in Turkey, whether it is Amnesty International or other organisations, are safe in this country... 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›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S DIRECTOR IN TURKEY CHARGED WITH HELPING TERROR GROUPS
Amnesty International's secretary general, Salil Shetty, visited Eser in prison in September and has called the terrorism accusations absurd... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WARNS OF RISE OF 'FEAR AND DISUNITY'
Human rights at risk amid rise of 'fear and disunity' Amnesty International... 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›
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›
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›
JOHN MCDONNELL LEADS CALLS FOR UK TO CANCEL EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTS VISIT
In 2014, he also ordered a review of the UK activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned by Egypt and Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH HANGS CHOWDHURY AND MUJAHID OVER 1971 WAR CRIMES
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were hanged in Dhaka's central jail... READ MORE›
11-YEAR-OLD PARAGUAY GIRL DENIED ABORTION AFTER RAPE TO BE INDUCED
Earlier this month the Paraguayan government dismissed an order from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to allow the girl access to adequate medical care... READ MORE›
11-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM GIVES BIRTH
The now-mother was 10 when authorities say she was raped by her stepfather even after he had been reported for sexual abuse... 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›
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›
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›