HUMAN RIGHTS

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni refuses to sign homophobic bill which proposed life imprisonment for gays.

Homophobic crackdown on gays spreads through Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and others.

EXCLUSIVE: Rights group claim security forces raided village to hide previous killing.

Following the anti-gay bill approval, gay Nigerians are persecuted, imprisoned and could be denied HIV medical treatments.

Just 1,070 rapists convicted of their crime – despite 12,000 men and 85,000 women being raped in England and Wales every year.

UN warns of risk of genocide as the conflict between Muslim Séléka and Christian Anti-Bakala continues.

Nearly half a million South Sudanese flee conflict in world's newest state.

The 84-year-old, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was being held at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre.

Core Issues lobbies against Geraint Davies MP's move to outlaw gay-to-straight conversion programme.

Knesset opposition warns bill outlawing use of word 'Nazi' restricts freedom of speech.

The New York Times said 100,000 machines were fitted with small devices that emitted radio waves.

Richard Foster, chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, says asylum seekers are wrongly advised by their lawyers.

Hundreds of women are raped by high-ranking officials according to Women's League of Burma

A UN investigation reveals that Chadian citizens and peacekeepers colluded in the killings in CAR.

Authorities start crackdown on homosexuals in West African country.

27 Nobel laureates from the fields of science and the arts have signed Ian McKellen's letter.

Human rights group slams woeful response to calls for aid and resettlement of refugees.

European court rules that alleged torture in Riyadh jails did not breach Convention on Human Rights.

Manchester Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley told MPs that children's rights are being disregarded.

South Sudanese warring parts are now conducting ceasefire negotiations in a nightclub in Ethiopia.

Man granted asylum in UK to avoid death penalty in Afghanistan in first case of its kind.

Boat carrying 300 people, including women and children, displaced by tribal conflict.

Interim Leader Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguende deploys hundreds of soldiers to streets to control sectarian fighting.

President Goodluck Jonathan signs 'discriminatory' bill setting heavy jail terms for gay marriage or civil unions.

Shinzō Abe visit to Yasukuni Shrine can only worsen relationships with China but exonerating war criminals highlight Shōwa Emperor's responsibility

Former Prime Minister Riek Machar asks government to free detainees before ceasefire.

Roger Jean-Claude Mbede's family barred him from receiving treatment for a hernia calling him 'a curse'.

After president Michel Djotodia's resignation, cannibalism and diseases threat million of people in CAR

Crowds celebrate after international pressure ousts President following clashes between religious militia.