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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OFFICIALS AMONG 11 FACING TURKEY 'TERROR' TRIAL
Amnesty's Turkey chairman Taner Kilic, imprisoned in June, will be tried alongside the 10... READ MORE›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S DIRECTOR IN TURKEY CHARGED WITH HELPING TERROR GROUPS
Amnesty International's secretary general, Salil Shetty, visited Eser in prison in September and has called the terrorism accusations absurd... READ MORE›
WORLD LEADER'S DAUGHTER TOOK BIZARRE SELFIES DURING DAD'S GENOCIDE SPEECH
The daughter of the Azerbaijani president was caught taking surprised-face selfies during her father's emotional speech on genocide at the United Nations... READ MORE›
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JUST WENT THERE: NEW REPORT COMPARES POLITICS TODAY TO THE 1930S
In its latest report, Amnesty International just compared the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment and populist rhetoric in 2016 to the 1930s, singling out President Trump in particular... 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›
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›
AZERBAIJAN LEADER ALIYEV APPOINTS WIFE TO TOP POST (PHOTOS)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliev speak near first lady Mehriban Aliyeva in Baku October 7, 2011... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV APPOINTS WIFE AS VICE PRESIDENT
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has appointed his wife as first vice president, the latest move seen as tightening the family's grip on the oil-rich Caspian nation... READ MORE›
WOMAN CONVICTED AS JUVENILE FACES DEATH IN IRAN
On October 2014, a criminal judge sentenced the once child bride to death by hanging, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON ADMITS HE DID HAVE A STAKE IN FATHER'S OFFSHORE INVESTMENT FUND AFTER PANAMA PAPERS LEAK
David Cameron has admitted he did have a profitable stake in his father's offshore investment fund, but sold it for around ?30,000 before he became Prime Minister... 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›
ICELAND PRIME MINISTER QUITS OVER PANAMA PAPERS TAX HAVEN SCANDAL
Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson's resignation follows intense pressure in Iceland after he was named in the leaked documents which apparently reveal tax evasion attempts... READ MORE›
AZERBAIJAN'S PRESIDENT HAS CHOSEN A NEW VP -- HIS WIFE
This year, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev offered his wife a special anniversary present -- he appointed her first vice president... READ MORE›
PWC PROMOTED TAX AVOIDANCE 'ON INDUSTRIAL SCALE', SAY MPS
PwC said it disagreed with the Public Accounts Committee report but added that the tax system was too complex ... READ MORE›
DO WE REALLY WANT POST-BREXIT BRITAIN TO BE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST TAX HAVEN?
Yet the whole purpose of tax havens is to allow the wealthy to hide behind a wall of secrecy legally... READ MORE›
BONO: CONTROVERSIAL TAX LAWS HAVE BROUGHT IRELAND THE ONLY PROSPERITY IT HAS EVER KNOWN | WORLD NEWS | THE OBSERVER
Bono controversial tax laws have brought Ireland the only prosperity its ever known... 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›
AS DONALD TRUMP MADE CLEAR, SMART BUSINESSES KNOW ONLY IDIOTS PAY TAX
More than half of Mossack Fonseca's companies are registered in the British Virgin Islands, a territory administered from London... READ MORE›
BANGLADESHI FRUIT PICKERS SHOT AT BY GREEK FARMERS WIN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
Morsed Chowdury, the lead applicant in the European case, and the human rights watchdog Amnesty International welcomed the decision taken by the court in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE›
TURKEY HOLDS SIX RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON CHARGES OF AIDING TERROR GROUP
After this decision none of us who defend human rights in Turkey, whether it is Amnesty International or other organisations, are safe in this country... READ MORE›
DIVISIVE POLITICAL RHETORIC A DANGER TO THE WORLD, AMNESTY SAYS
Politicians who have used a divisive and dehumanised rhetoric are creating a more divided and dangerous world, says rights group Amnesty International... READ MORE›
COME CLEAN NOW, BEFORE WE READ PANAMA PAPERS
People hiding assets offshore should recognize the continued changes and progress in the international tax arena, the IRS said... 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›
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WARNS OF RISE OF 'FEAR AND DISUNITY'
Human rights at risk amid rise of 'fear and disunity' Amnesty International... 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›
GEORGE OSBORNE REPEATEDLY DODGES QUESTIONS ON FAMILY'S TAX AFFAIRS THEN ENDS INTERVIEW
Panama Papers George Osborne repeatedly dodges questions on family's tax affairs then ends interview... READ MORE›
BERMUDA IS WORLD'S WORST CORPORATE TAX HAVEN, SAYS OXFAM
Bermuda is the world's worst corporate tax haven, according to a list by Oxfam, which includes three other UK territories among those it names and shames... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: TOXIC FEAR MONGERING PUSHING BACK HUMAN RIGHTS
Even states that once claimed to champion rights abroad are now too busy rolling back human rights at home to hold others to account, Amnesty said... 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›
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›