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›

'SCANDALOUS' RELEASE OF POLICE KILLER

London evening standard theresa may says life should mean life amid backlash over release of police killer harry roberts 2 hrs ago... 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›

REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE RISING SHARPLY, NSPCC SAYS

The number of recorded sexual offences against children in England and Wales has increased by a third, the NSPCC says... 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›

DECADES IN JAIL FOR ANOTHER MANS CRIME

Robert Jones was accused of being behind a crime spree of rape, robbery and then the murder of holidaymaker Julie Stott in New Orleans in 1992... READ MORE›

POLICE SEARCH FOR MAN WHO TRIED TO HAVE SEX WITH A DOG IN SYDNEY'S WEST

He stopped to talk to the women on Canal Walkway and assaulted one of the dogs in an indecent manner a police spokesman said... READ MORE›

SEX OFFENCES ON TRAINS AND STATIONS REACH RECORD LEVEL

The number of recorded sexual offences on trains and at stations has risen 25 percent to a record level, British Transport Police figures suggest... 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›

GUARDIAN ANGELS RETURN TO NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK

In New York, Guardian Angels still patrol parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx... READ MORE›

IGUALA MAYOR JOSE LUIS ABARCA HELD

International business times uk mexico's 43 missing students iguala mayor jose luis abarca arrested in mexico city 1 hr ago... 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›

JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES TRIBUTES PAID 10 YEARS AFTER DEATH

Family members have paid tribute to Jean Charles de Menezes at the Tube station where he was shot dead by police 10 years ago... 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›

PRESTIGIOUS US PSYCHOLOGISTS PLAYED PART IN TORTURE AFTER 9/11 AND LIED ABOUT IT, STUDY FINDS

Human rights groups have been urging for years that those involved in torture should be prosecuted, and the Hoffman report appears to reopen this possibility... 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›

VICTIMS' HOPES FOR JUSTICE FADE AS RAPE KITS ARE ROUTINELY IGNORED OR DESTROYED

As scrutiny of disregarded rape kits mounted, a portrait of a more difficult to tally sort emerged - rape kits police destroyed... READ MORE›

THE DESPERATE HUNT FOR LI HEPING, CHINA'S MISSING HUMAN RIGHTS WARRIOR

Ma's first act in Beijing was to visit Li Heping's local police station... READ MORE›

BRITAIN ACCUSES SPAIN OF 'VIOLATING ITS SOVEREIGNTY' AS POLICE CHASE DRUG TRAFFICKERS INTO GIBRALTAR'S WATERS

Video Britain accuses Spain of 'violating its sovereignty' as police chase drug traffickers into Gibraltar's waters... READ MORE›

POLICE TAKE DOWN DARK WEB MARKETS AROUND THE GLOBE

Police take down Dark Web markets around the globe The global law enforcement effort shut down more than 400 criminal websites on TOR... 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›

DAWN TIMBER-LAUNDERING RAIDS CAST DOUBT ON 'SUSTAINABLE' BRAZILIAN WOOD

Most of Brazil's timber exports are certified as sustainably logged, but according to police and prosecutors in Para state at least 80 percent is illegally felled... READ MORE›

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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›