London-based activist believes Iranian protestants blame authorities for recent acid attacks.
EXCLUSIVE: Kurdish female fighter tells IBTimes UK she hates war but now risks death on a daily basis to exterminate the Islamic State.
Yazidi woman calls activists and gives account of her life in a brothel.
The man was accused of having raped woman at a gunpoint.
NeoMam Studios compiled a list of the most controversial figures of internet freedom.
Conflicting claims by fireworks manufacturers and activists throw questions over child labour employed in the fireworks industry.
The president previously said the definition of marriage was not a matter for federal law.
Dui Hua Foundation says Beijing's use of capital punishment has decreased over last decade
Sexual violence is carried out by both warring sides in the war-torn country
Despite local and global opposition, Israeli settlers occupy two buildings in Palestinian neighbourhood Silwan.
Pyotr Pavlensky has previously nailed his scrotum to Red Square and wrapped himself in barbed wire.
Nine families in the new apartments mean the Jewish population of the area has doubled to 17.
Kurds battling IS in Kobani are fighting for the entire world, and all Muslims should support them.
national athlete branded as witch after four people die in her village.
People from South Pacific nations and activists formed a blockade with canoes and kayaks.
A mother of five has been on death row since 2010
Gay rights activists are angry a security guard had threatened a lesbian couple with expulsion from the shop.
As governments shut down activists' internet access, Cathal Gilbert ponders if mesh networks offer a solution?
The men were acting out scenes of war, armed with fake knives and guns in broad daylight at a French park.
Jagram found his three children in a brick factory in Nepal after walking for 20 days
Judge rules baby is illegal although he was born in Australia.
The two men lost their jobs and their houses after holding symbolic gay marriage ceremony in Istanbul
Snowden warns Facebook and Google are still 'dangerous services' despite their false claims to have updated their privacy policies.
Oklahoma's refurbished death chamber aims to improve lethal injections following botched execution of Clayton Lockett.
Citizenfour shows NSA whistleblower and Lindsay Mills together in Moscow.
The USA, Japan and Pakistan all violate international standards, say Amnesty International
Seven transgender men and women released but will be re-arrested if they engage in "deviant acts"
Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian activist who fights against child exploitation and human trafficking.
17-year-old Pakistani girl awarded Peace prize for advocating right to education for women.
Instagram account Rich Kids of Tehran reveals societal elite are immune to Iran's Islamic penal code