WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE REFLECTS OBSTACLES FACING ABUSED WOMEN

Jessica Corbett is the wife of David Sorensen, who on Friday resigned as a White House speechwriter amid allegations that he physically and emotionally abused her... READ MORE›

TRUMP SAYS LIVES ARE BEING DESTROYED BY 'A MERE ALLEGATION' AFTER AIDE ROB PORTER'S RESIGNATION

The White House response serves as a high-profile illustration of the obstacles many women face in speaking out about their abuse... READ MORE›

SIBLINGS ALLEGEDLY HELD CAPTIVE BY PARENTS PROVIDING INFORMATION, PROSECUTOR SAYS

David and Louise Turpin are prohibited from contacting their children, except through attorneys or investigators, a Riverside County, Calif... READ MORE›

THE GRIM LIFE OF THE CHILDREN RESCUED FROM THEIR CALIFORNIA HOUSE OF HORRORS

Hestrin said many of the children appeared to have cognitive deficiencies and showed evidence of nerve damage from extreme and prolonged physical abuse... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA COUPLE PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO TORTURING CHILDREN, BAIL SET AT $12M EACH

David Turpin, 57, and Louise Turpin, 49, pleaded not guilty in a California court to numerous charges that they tortured and abused their children for years... READ MORE›

UN RIGHTS OFFICE RAISES ALARM OVER EGYPT EXECUTIONS

The United Nations human rights office has expressed deep shock and concern over the reported executions of 20 people in Egypt over the past two weeks... READ MORE›

NUMBER OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS WITHOUT LEGAL HELP SOARS

Domestic violence victims still waiting for legal aid reform, says labour... READ MORE›

ESSEX POLICE DEFEND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Essex police and county council have defended a social media campaign on domestic violence after critics accused it of encouraging survivors to stay with perpetrators... READ MORE›

WOMEN-LED STARTUP TURNS DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS INTO ENTREPRENEURS

Julie found out about FreeFrom from a poster in a domestic violence shelter in San Francisco... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM SURVIVORS SEXUALLY ABUSED AT 'SAFE' CAMPS

Four victims told Human Rights Watch they were first drugged before they were raped at the camps... 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›

GUATEMALA CHILDREN'S HOME BLAZE KILLS 19 TEENAGE GIRLS

The teenage girls die a day after a riot erupted at the shelter near Guatemala City... READ MORE›

OFSTED CALLS FOR NEW FOCUS ON HOW DOMESTIC ABUSE AFFECTS CHILDREN

The report, due to be published on Tuesday by Ofsted and three other agencies, deals primarily with the impact of domestic abuse on children... 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›

DRAWINGS OF POLICE TORTURING A SUSPECT CAPTIVATE CHINA

Mr. Liu said in the telephone interview that he was not afraid of possible retaliation from the police over the drawings... READ MORE›

ATTORNEY GENERAL URGED TO REVIEW RELEASE OF MAN WHO BEAT WIFE WITH CRICKET BAT

The sentencing at Manchester crown court provoked outrage among campaigners, who said it showed a shocking ignorance around the impact of domestic violence on women ... 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›

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›

BIRMINGHAM PE TEACHER MARCUS MARCUSSEN JAILED FOR ABUSE

On Wednesday, a jury found the 91-year-old, of Rochford, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, guilty of 25 counts of indecent assault on boys... 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›

'THEY CRUSHED ME': TUNISIANS REVEAL ABUSES THEY ENDURED BEFORE THE ARAB SPRING

SFAX, Tunisia -- Nada Elwikil was still in high school when she was taken to Interrogation Room 27 for the first time... 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›

PRESTIGIOUS US PSYCHOLOGISTS PLAYED PART IN TORTURE AFTER 9/11 AND LIED ABOUT IT, STUDY FINDS

Human rights groups have been urging for years that those involved in torture should be prosecuted, and the Hoffman report appears to reopen this possibility... 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›

FOREIGN OFFICE WILL NO LONGER EXPLICITLY CAMPAIGN FOR AN END TO USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO has alarmed campaigners after dropping explicit references to abolishing the death penalty from its global human right work... 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›

UK POLICE IGNORED COMPLAINTS OF ABUSE BY PRISON STAFF, SAY VICTIMS

On the day of his release from Medomsley, Young went to Consett police station and reported Husband's abuse... READ MORE›

MOTHER AND BOYFRIEND LAUGHED AS THEY TORTURED THREE YEAR OLD SON TO DEATH

Police also charged Amber Fellenbaum, Mr Fellenbaum's estranged wife, with child endangerment for failing to help the abused children... READ MORE›

11-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM GIVES BIRTH

The now-mother was 10 when authorities say she was raped by her stepfather even after he had been reported for sexual abuse... 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›

HORRIFIC TORTURE AND KILLING OF BOY, 3, COULD BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH

Tait, 31, and Fellenbaum, 23, pleaded not guilty to the indictments, which include murder and child abuse, on Wednesday after they were formally charged... READ MORE›

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