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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›
VLADIMIR PUTIN CONFIRMS RUSSIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR
Last week Syrian state television released images showing an advanced Russian-built armoured personnel carrier, the BTR-82a, in combat... READ MORE›
OUTSIDE MOVES SHIFT SYRIA CONFLICT TO PROXY WAR
TOW missiles weave across fields, their red contrails blazing, chasing Russian-made vehicles used by Syrian government forces and blowing them up... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN COMBAT IN SYRIA - SOURCES
Damascus denied Russians were involved in combat, but a Syrian official said the presence of experts had increased in the past year... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN MOVES IN SYRIA POSE CONCERNS FOR UNITED STATES
Stepped-up Russian military support for the Syrian government could pose a problem for the United States in several ways... 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›
SYRIAN REFUGEE RECEIVES ?40,000 IN DONATIONS IN 24 HOURS AFTER VIRAL PHOTO SELLING PENS
When Mr Attar was informed of the rising donation total, he told a member of the campaign I want to help other Syrians ... READ MORE›
US REVAMPING REBEL FORCE FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA
Chris Connolly, a spokesman for the American military task force training the Syrian rebels, said in an email... READ MORE›
AYLAN KURDI, DROWNED SYRIAN 3-YEAR-OLD, MOURNED WITH POIGNANT CARTOONS USING 'HUMANITY WASHED ASHORE' HASHTAG
Aylan kurdi drowned syrian 3-year-old mourned with poignant cartoons using humanity washed ashore hashtag... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CONFIRMED TO HAVE USED MUSTARD GAS AGAINST KURDS IN SYRIA
Kurdish fighters claim victory in Kobane back in January The attack adds to an increasing number of allegations of chemical use by Isil... READ MORE›
RUSSIA TO U.S.: TALK TO US ON SYRIA OR RISK 'UNINTENDED INCIDENTS'
Russia to U.S. talk to us on Syria or risk 'unintended incidents'... 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›
WE ASKED ALL 22 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEFINE A US REFUGEE POLICY. FEW HAD CLEAR ANSWERS
The US has accepted only 1,500 Syrian refugees so far, and the White House said last week it did not anticipate any changes to its current policy... READ MORE›
ISIL 'BEHEADS TOP ARCHAEOLOGIST IN PALMYRA'
Isil extremists behead antiquities scholar khaled al-asaad in ancient syrian city of palmyra a government official said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATEDAMAGES TEMPLE OFBAAL IN PALMYRA
Fighting in the region continued Sunday, with Islamic State fighters clashing with other militants in southern Damascus, according to The Associated Press... READ MORE›
RUSSIA CONFIRMS IT HAS MILITARY ADVISERS IN SYRIA
Russian military specialists help Syrians master Russian hardware and we can't understand the anti-Russian hysteria about this said Maria V... READ MORE›
IF ISIS CAPTURE THIS VITAL HIGHWAY, MILLIONS OF DESPERATE PEOPLE COULD FLEE SYRIA
The Syrian Army has so far failed to retake Qaryatain where Isis has demolished the St Elian monastery parts of which were 1 500 years old... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ANSWERS US CRITICISM OVER MILITARY AID TO SYRIA
Lavrov, to warn against expanding Russian military aid to Syria... 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›
AS TRASH IN LEBANON PILES UP SO DOES CONTEMPT
The country has long marketed itself as a beach destination, and before the civil war drew tourists from Europe seeking to water ski near downtown... 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›
ISIS SUSPECTED OF CHEMICAL ATTACK AGAINST KURDS
Unlike mustard gas, chlorine was not banned under a Russian-American agreement with Syria to remove and destroy its chemical weapons... READ MORE›
WHY RUSSIA IS IN SYRIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin right and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shake hands in Moscow's Kremlin on Dec... READ MORE›
I'M NOT OFFERING MY HOME TO A SYRIAN REFUGEE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME EVIL
Of course the people who have offered to take in Syrian refugees are not bad people... READ MORE›
NEW DIPLOMACY SEEN ON US-RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO END SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
The United States and its allies have long said no Russia says yes, adding that Mr. Assad's departure cannot be a precondition for talks... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN COMBAT IN SYRIA - SOURCES
Damascus denied Russians were involved in combat, but a Syrian official said the presence of experts had increased in the past year... 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›