PRIDE AND JUBILATION WORLDWIDE AS AUSTRALIA BACKS SAME-SEX MARRIAGEA

Australia backs same-sex marriage in historic postal survey... READ MORE›

CHINA URGED TO STOP USING ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY TO "CONVERT" LGBT PEOPLE

Human Rights Watch called on China to take immediate steps to stop medical facilities from offering conversion therapy... READ MORE›

BOYS SHOULD BE FREE TO WEAR TUTUS AND TIARAS, SAYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND

The advice also calls on teachers to avoid using labels that might alienate children's behaviour just because it does not conform to gender stereotypes ... READ MORE›

PROTESTERS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO HELP END LGBT PERSECUTION IN EGYPT

Amnesty international says at least 57 egyptians were arrested because of their sexual orientation... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | THERE'S A RISING GLOBAL TIDE OF CRACKDOWNS ON LGBT COMMUNITIES

In countries where homosexuality is taboo and driven underground, such comments may be the first thing a person has heard in public about LGBT people... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 60 ARRESTED AS EGYPT CRACKS DOWN ON GAY COMMUNITY

Hussein Malla AP The sweeps have unfolded as international human rights activists have denounced the Egyptian government and urged an end to the arrests... READ MORE›

GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WELCOME NHS QUESTIONING OF PATIENTS OVER SEXUALITY

Gay rights campaigners have backed an NHS policy demanding that doctors and nurses start asking all patients from the age of 16 about their sexual orientation... READ MORE›

BRAZIL RULING THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS DISEASE TO BE APPEALED

Judge Waldemar Claudio de Carvalho ruled last week that homosexuality could be considered a disease that could be treated with sexual orientation conversion therapies... READ MORE›

LGBT GROUPS DENOUNCE 'DANGEROUS' AI THAT USES YOUR FACE TO GUESS SEXUALITY

Kosinski and his co-author Yilun Wang acknowledged these limitations in the paper, claiming that they could not find sufficient numbers of non-white gay people... READ MORE›

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›

ISTANBUL LGBT MARCH BANNED OVER 'SECURITY CONCERNS'

Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to the organisers... READ MORE›

'WHAT IS NEXT?' SENATOR GICHUHI LAYS OUT HER OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

How would it have played out for him now? Senator Gichuhi said pressure on the government to redefine marriage was not necessarily the majority view... 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›

DETENTIONS AS POLICE BREAK UP ISTANBUL PRIDE PARADE

The Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to its organisers... READ MORE›

PRIDE IN LONDON MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE DECRIMINALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY

The annual Pride festival will take place in London on Saturday, marking a half century since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales... 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›

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›

GAY PEOPLE CAN HAVE STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIPS, ABETZ SAYS

In a subsequent statement, Mr Abetz scrutinised media reporting of his comments made on Sky News... 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›

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›

FRENCH FIRM OFFERED SPYWARE TO 'FIND OUT IF YOUR SON IS GAY'

French firm criticised after saying its spyware could help parents establish a son's sexuality... 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›

'BLATANT ATTEMPT BY RUSSIA TO INTIMIDATE THOSE STANDING UP FOR GAY PEOPLE,' ACTIVISM GROUP SAYS

LGBT activist Igor Yasin said five people were detained Thursday morning outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow... 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›

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›