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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›
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›
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›
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›
FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON
An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›
BRITISH FAMILY SAYS 74-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER FACES 350 LASHES FROM SAUDI ARABIA FOR ILLEGAL WINE
Saudi Arabia has responded to these criticisms forcefully over the past year, arguing that its legal system is based on sharia, or Islamic law... READ MORE›
AL-JAZEERA JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON BY EGYPTIAN COURT
Peter Greste convicted in absentia Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed found guilty of operating without press licence and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt... 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›
JUDGE ORDERS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER TO PAY $100M TO VICTIMS
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›
JUDGE AARON PERSKY UNDER FIRE FOR SENTENCING IN STANFORD RAPE CASE
Threatening phone calls have flooded into the Santa Clara County Superior Court since then, said Gary Goodman, a supervising attorney for the county public defender's office... 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›
CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM
BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... 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›
JAKARTA'S EX GOVERNOR AHOK DROPS BLASPHEMY APPEAL
The former Christian governor of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, has withdrawn an appeal against a two-year jail sentence for insulting Islam, according to his family and lawyers... 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›
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›
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›
CRACKDOWNS ON FREE SPEECH RISE ACROSS A EUROPE WARY OF TERROR
Paradoxically, the puppeteers say in their defense, the police proved their point that Spain's antiterrorism laws are being misapplied, used for witch hunts... 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›