RUSSIAN COMMISSION TO BEGIN PROBE INTO REPORTED RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION

A Russian scientific commission will investigate reports of radioactive pollution almost 1,000 times above normal levels in the southern Urals, state nucle... READ MORE›

RUSSIA OPENS COMMISSION INTO 'NUCLEAR INCIDENT' REPORT

Nuclear scientists have created a commission to discover the origin of ruthenium-106, Rosatom said in a statement, also released by the country's Nuclear Safety Institute... READ MORE›

A RADIATION CLOUD AND A MYSTERY FROM RUSSIA

A Radiation Cloud, and a Mystery, From Russia... READ MORE›

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR REACTOR RADIATION AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2011 MELTDOWN

The one-metre-wide hole was probably created by nuclear fuel that melted and then penetrated the vessel after the tsunami knocked out Fukushima Daiichi's back-up cooling system... READ MORE›

A RADIOACTIVE CLOUD WAFTS OVER EUROPE WITH RUSSIA AS CHIEF SUSPECT

German and French nuclear security agencies concluded that the pollution had not threatened the health of Europeans or the environment in which they live... 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›

EXPLOSION AT EDF'S FLAMANVILLE NUCLEAR PLANT IN NORTHERN FRANCE

Nuclear power provides four-fifths of France's electricity generation, but much of the country's ageing nuclear fleet is expected to close in the 2030s... 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›

ROBOT FINDS POSSIBLE MELTED NUCLEAR FUEL

An underwater robot spotted the lava-like rocks inside a reactor of Japan's destroyed nuclear plant... 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›

FUKUSHIMA DISASTER EVACUEES TOLD TO RETURN TO ABANDONED HOMES

People who fled after March 2011 nuclear meltdown face losing housing subsidies if they do not go back, despite radiation fears... READ MORE›

RADIOACTIVE CLOUD THAT COVERED EUROPE MIGHT BE FROM RUSSIA. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT THOUGH.

A city near the Ural Mountains in Russia, where the French believe a cloud of radioactive particles was released in September... 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›

JAPANESE ANTI-NUCLEAR CANDIDATE WINS ELECTION AT SITE OF WORLD'S BIGGEST ATOMIC POWER STATION

The election became a litmus test for nuclear safety and put Abe's energy policy and Tepco's handling of Fukushima back under the spotlight... READ MORE›

CAMERAS REVEAL THE SECRET LIVES OF CHERNOBYL'S WILDLIFE

Commenting on the herds of Przewalski's horses, Dr Wood observed They seem to have adapted quite well to life within the zone... 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›

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›

INSPECTORS FIND SAFETY IRREGULARITIES AT CREUSOT NUCLEAR FORGE IN FRANCE

Evidence of doctored paperwork found at Areva-owned forge, which has made parts for Hinkley Point... READ MORE›

FUKUSHIMA EVACUEE TO TELL UN THAT JAPAN VIOLATED HUMAN RIGHTS

Mitsuko Sonoda will say evacuees face financial hardship and are being forced to return to homes they believe are unsafe... 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›

FUKUSHIMA RESIDENTS TORN OVER NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE PLAN

Japan has since allocated more than 15 billion to an unprecedented project to lower radiation in towns around the plant, such as Okuma... 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›