NO 'BIG' VACATIONS, NO SALARY AS PRESIDENT

As for the president's 400,000-a-year pay, the New York businessman said No, I'm not going to take the salary... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS ABOUT TO LEARN THE NATION'S 'DEEP SECRETS'

For particularly sensitive operations, the president has to see only that the Gang of Eight is informed... 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›

SOUTH KOREA'S PARLIAMENT IMPEACHES PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE OVER CORRUPTION SCANDAL

After the impeachment vote, President Park Geun-hye attends an emergency Cabinet meeting in Seoul, South Korea... READ MORE›

SAUDI WOMEN REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Two women in Saudi Arabia made history last week when they became the country's first registered female voters, according to local media... 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›

CZECH PRESIDENT SHOCKS NATIONS IN EXPLETIVE-FILLED INTERVIEW

In its defence, Czech Radio has argued as the interview was live it could not be held responsible for the president's language... READ MORE›

SWITZERLAND TO HOLD FIRST EVER VOTE ON BASIC INCOME

But Che Wagner from the campaign group Basic Income Switzerland, says it wouldn't be money for nothing... READ MORE›

BERNIE SANDERS CAN STILL BEAT HILLARY CLINTON

US election 2016 Why Hillary Clinton could lose the Democratic nomination to Bernie Sanders... READ MORE›

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESIDENT TIM WOLFE'S VERY TELLING RESIGNATION SPEECH

I did hear his reference to the Psalm and thought he was talking about the university's pain and its struggle... READ MORE›

ANGER IN ROMANIA AS PRESIDENT BLOCKS FEMALE MUSLIM AS PM NOMINEE

Romania was tipped to have its first female and first Muslim prime minister, until the country's president on Tuesday rejected the Social Democrat Party's nomination... 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›

VOICES FROM BURUNDI SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES

Ms. Nivyabandi also fled Burundi in 1993, when civil war erupted after soldiers from the country's Tutsi minority assassinated the first president elected from the Hutu majority... 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›

EDITORIAL WITH WASHINGTONS COMPLICITY EGYPT CRACKS DOWN ON CRITICS

Egypt is currently detaining at least 18 journalists for reporting information government officials deemed inaccurate, according to Amnesty International... READ MORE›

CRIME DOWN IN KARACHI PARAMILITARY IN PAKISTAN SHIFTS FOCUS

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Paramilitary troops have become ubiquitous around this sprawling Pakistani port city... READ MORE›

AS THE SOUTH KOREAN ASSEMBLY PREPARES TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT, PARALYSIS LOOMS

As the South Korean assembly prepares to impeach the president, paralysis looms... READ MORE›

S. KOREAN PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES SENIOR ADVISORS ON CONFIDANTE SCANDAL

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday reshuffled her secretariat amid growing public outcry over a scandal surrounding her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil... READ MORE›

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