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›

MUSHARRAF DECLARED FUGITIVE IN EX-PM BHUTTO'S MURDER

Pakistan's former military ruler charged with Bhutto's 2007 assassination in 2013, but has been in self-imposed exile... 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›

KARACHI HEAT WAVE DEATH TOLL TOPS 650 DURING RAMADAN FAST

But since a suffocating heat wave descended on Karachi three days ago killing at least 650 people they have found no respite and no escape... 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›

ISIS PLANS TO PROVOKE 'END OF THE WORLD' BY ATTACKING INDIA TO TRY AND ENTICE USA INTO ALL-OUT WAR

ISIS plans to provoke 'end of the world' by attacking India to try and entice USA into all-out war... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS DIE IN HEAT WAVE IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

The Pakistan Rangers Sindh, a paramilitary force that otherwise fights crime in Karachi, has set up 10 heatstroke relief centers across the city... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN SHIA MOSQUE BLAST IN SHIKARPUR KILLS DOZENS

Police said that at least 50 people were wounded in the attack after Friday prayers in the Shikarpur district of Sindh province... 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›

MALIK ISHAQ MILITANT LEADER IN PAKISTAN IS SAID TO DIE IN ATTACK ON POLICE CONVOY

Still, his killing is an indication that the Pakistani state is serious about targeting anti-Shia militants, he 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›

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›

HAMID GUL PAKISTANS FORMER SPY CHIEF DIES AT 78

General Gul helped to cobble together an alliance of right-wing political parties in the 1988 general elections... 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›

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›

WHY A BOLLYWOOD FILM HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF DISTORTING HISTORY

'Suspend disbelief' Now Mohenjo Daro's makers and cast have defended the film as historical fiction... 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›

ABDUL SATTAR EDHI PAKISTANS FATHER TERESA DIES AT 88

Abdul Sattar Edhi was the real manifestation of love for those who are socially vulnerable, impoverished, helpless and poor... READ MORE›

PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER IS DEFYING THE CLERICS -- VERY CAREFULLY

In January, Sharif's government ended a three-year ban on YouTube that had been supported by religious clerics to shield Pakistanis from videos defaming Islam... READ MORE›

'IT IS MY DESIRE TO TAKE REVENGE'

That Pakistan will remember her, like they do former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Azeem said... 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›

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