'BLACK PANTHER' IS FINALLY HERE! [CULTURE ON THE MORNING CALL]

The 'Black Panther' film is finally here! The premiere in Kenya will be on Tuesday, February 13 and in South Africa, on Friday, February 16... READ MORE›

CHINA'S BIGGEST SHOW IN 'RACIST BLACKFACE'

In a comedy routine celebrating Chinese-African ties an Asian actress appears in blackface and with exaggerated buttocks... READ MORE›

'WE ARE READY. WE'VE BEEN READY'

Black Panther's power source Afrofuturism Part of the power of Black Panther's imagery comes from Afrofuturism, a movement that fuses African culture within a futuristic narrative... READ MORE›

A DISTURBING NEW REPORT ON HOW POORLY SCHOOLS TEACH AMERICAN SLAVERY

The report found seven key problems with the way American slavery is taught 1... READ MORE›

GULF COAST DELTA WRECK COULD BE THE CLOTILDA, THE LAST U.S. SLAVE SHIP

Most of the wreck lies in mud, and Cook said further study, including excavation, is needed to verify the ship is the Clotilda... READ MORE›

ROY MOORE'S WIFE SAYS HE CAN'T BE ANTISEMITIC

Mr Moore came under fire when he seemed to express nostalgia for America during slavery at a September rally... READ MORE›

'AMERICA HAS DONE A TERRIBLE JOB OF TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT RACISM'

This arc, from slavery through these more modern iterations of racial inequality speaks to the museums core mission... READ MORE›

LITTLE-KNOWN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHEFS FED PRESIDENTS MORE THAN JUST FOOD

Our national palate owes a vast debt to the African-American cooks whove largely been whitewashed from the history books... 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›

US HOUSING BOSS BEN CARSON CALLS US SLAVES 'IMMIGRANTS'

Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, has compared slaves to immigrants, on his first day in his new job... READ MORE›

AMAZON TO COUNTER-PROGRAM 'CONFEDERATE' WITH 'BLACK AMERICA'

Amazon to counter-program 'Confederate' with reparations-themed 'Black America'... READ MORE›

HOW BLACKS MADE AMERICA AND IT MADE US

A black South American Caribbean West Indian African American Washingtonian?... 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›

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›

SNOOP DOGG RAILS AGAINST 'ROOTS' IN EXPLETIVE-FILLED VIDEO

Photo Casey Crafford Snoop Dogg saysA he won'tA watch Roots and callsA upon other African-AmericansA to follow suit... 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›

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT ASKS STRANGERS TO TRANSLATE RACIST COMMENTS DIRECTED AT HIM

Previous Next Hide Grid As part of a Lithuanian 'social experiment' video, an African immigrant asks locals to translate racist Facebook comments directed at him... 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›

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›

TRUMP MAKES PUZZLING CLAIM ABOUT ANDREW JACKSON, CIVIL WAR

But Jackson died in 1845, and the Civil War didn't begin until 16 years later, in 1861... 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›

Related Stories Torture is still rife in Mexico and is routinely used to extract confessions, according to a new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International... READ MORE›

WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING ABOUT THE CIA TORTURE REPORT

But the Obama administration, having formally banned torture, hasn't lifted a finger to punish those guilty for these egregious human rights abuses... READ MORE›

WOMEN IN INDONESIA SUBJECTED TO PAINFUL 'VIRGINITY TESTS' TO JOIN POLICE FORCE

The Government in Indonesia is subjecting female recruits for its national police to painful and traumatic virginity tests, a human rights watchdog has found... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON DISMISSES RISK OF RIFT WITH US OVER CHINA

Amnesty International has also promised demonstrations in London over China's human rights record... READ MORE›

UN LASHES AUSTRALIAN 'CONTEMPT AND HOSTILITY' TOWARD ASYLUM SEEKERS

"Too often, governments try to avoid their legal obligations to refugees and victims of human trafficking by characterising them all as 'migrants', labelling victims of abuse as 'illegal'," it says... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES TAKES UP COMPLAINT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY OIL FIRMS

Activists called the complaint one of a first wave of legal challenges seeking redress for human right violations from climate change... READ MORE›