FORMER ARGENTINE VICE PRESIDENT FREED PENDING CORRUPTION TRIAL

Boudou, who served under former President Cristina Fernandez, was arrested in early November on racketeering and money laundering charges... READ MORE›

ARGENTINE JUDGE FIRST TO RULE PROSECUTOR ALBERTO NISMAN'S 2015 DEATH WAS MURDER, NOT SUICIDE

Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who was found dead days after accusing former President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Iran's role in the 1994... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA'S CONGRESS PASSES PENSION OVERHAUL AMID PROTESTS

Voting is not the end of history, said Agustin Rossi, president of the leftist Front for Victory party of former president Cristina Kirchner... READ MORE›

JUDGE CHARGES ARGENTINA EX-LEADER FERNANDEZ WITH TREASON OVER JEWISH CENTER BLAST, SEEKS ARREST

Fernandez, who governed from 2007 to 2015, finished second to a Macri ally in the Buenos Aires province Senate race but won a seat under Argentina's list system... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA'S FERNANDEZ CHARGED WITH TREASON, ARREST SOUGHT

Former Argentine President and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks during a news conference at the Congress in Buenos Aires, December 7, 2017... READ MORE›

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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›

ARGENTINAS TRUMP-LIKE IMMIGRATION ORDER RATTLES SOUTH AMERICA

On the streets of Buenos Aires, immigrants had varying reactions to Mr. Macri's decree... READ MORE›

ARE YOU TAKING PART IN THE ARGENTINA PROTEST OVER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?

We'd also like to hear from you if you're taking part in the march in Buenos Aires... 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›

BUENOS AIRES ZOO TO CLOSE AFTER 140 YEARS

Buenos Aires has announced plans to close down its 140-year-old zoo, arguing that keeping wild animals in captivity and on display is degrading... 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›

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›

HOPE FADES AFTER 9 DAYS OF SEARCHING FOR ARGENTINE SUBMARINE

President Mauricio Macri said the search would continue and that he expected the submarine to be located in the days ahead... READ MORE›

MISSING ARGENTINE SUBMARINE HIGHLIGHTS YEARS OF MILITARY UNDERFUNDING

'DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE?' President Mauricio Macri pledged to improve the 26,000-strong armed forces' capabilities during his campaign in 2015... READ MORE›

ARGENTINA'S UNIONS STAGE MASS PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT CUTS

Argentina's inflation numbers have been in doubt since 2007, when the late President Nestor Kirchner had political appointees change the agency's methodology... READ MORE›

KEN STANDS IN AS MARTYRED JESUS, BARBIE AS VIRGIN MARY

Argentine artwork featuring 33 Ken and Barbie dolls as religious figures doesn't play well among all Catholics... 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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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›

ARGENTINA JUDGE ORDERS ARREST OF MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO LEADER

But hundreds of leftist militants and supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner impeded the efforts of police to arrest 87-year-old Hebe de Bonafini... 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›