HUMAN RIGHTS

The family of famous actor Benedict Cumberbatch may face legal action for their links to the slave trade in Barbados.

Several top football players were detained by Iranian police on New Year's Eve in Tehran.

Sara Khadem is reportedly planning to settle in Spain after photos of her taking part in an international tournament without a hijab went viral.

There has long been a debate whether to allow transgenders to compete against biological men or women.

The University of California, in San Francisco, has released a report apologising for unethical dermatology experiments conducted on prisoners.

An 18-year-old from Hong Kong has been sentenced to three years in detention for making fun of the national flag.

A 23-year-old man was executed in a public hanging carried out in the city of Mashhad, Iran.

North Korea executed two high school students for reportedly watching and distributing South Korean dramas among their friends.

A 27-year-old man was reportedly shot dead by Iranian security forces for celebrating his national football team's defeat against the US in the FIFA World Cup.

Protests have erupted in and out of Iran in the past several months following the death of Mahsa Amini while in custody of the country's morality police.

The ultraconservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 12 people in 10 days for drug offences, according to a human rights organisation.

Some offences are punishable by the death penalty so visitors are urged to be very careful.

Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-hijab protesters and beat women in capital Tehran.

Iran has been facing massive protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has landed herself in another controversy by revealing her plans for child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.

Nas Mohamed left Qatar to escape persecution for his sexuality.

The use of the N-word on Twitter, a racist term used against black people, increased by almost 500% after Elon Musk's acquisition of the platform.

The host country is being criticised over human rights concerns including strict laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

Human rights groups are mobilising against the death sentence by stoning of a woman in Sudan.

China has been accused of setting up more than 50 unofficial police "offices" in several countries across Europe to clamp down on its dissidents.

Gay couples heading to Qatar to witness the Football World Cup in November should not expect to be able to kiss in the streets.

Women across the world have come out in support of women in Iran as they continue their protests against the country's morality police

Three Saudi tribesmen have been sentenced to death for refusing to leave their homes to make way for the government's ambitious project Neom mega city.

Conservative party members have been accused of using homophobic slurs at an event organised to celebrate LGBTQ+ diversity in Birmingham on Tuesday.

Female staff working at Australian research stations in Antarctica have had to endure sexual harassment in the workplace.

The police have launched an investigation after the staff at one of the UK's biggest NHS mental health hospitals were caught mistreating their patients.

The latest research by the University of Cambridge has found that the institution received "significant benefits" from the transatlantic slave trade.

Thousands of men and women have taken to the streets in Iran after a woman who was arrested for breaking hijab laws died in police custody last week.

An Iranian woman who was given a death sentence died of a heart attack after seeing 16 men executed before her turn.