HUMAN RIGHTS

Prawet Prapanukul went missing after Thai security forces raided his house in Bangkok on 29 April.

Gay men and children face persecution as part of an anti-LGBT purge in the Russian region.

Crisis has left more than 1,000 people dead, over 8,000 political prisoners and more than 500,000 exiled.

Central African Republic families flee after their villages were the target of brutal attacks.

Three journalists were killed in Mexico in March.

EU's top diplomat Federica Mogherini clashes with Myanmar's de facto leader on fact-finding mission.

View that women are not fit to be leaders and that it is more important to educate boys, also prevails.

The Democrats are fighting for the implementation of the Equality Act after re-introducing it to the Senate.

Number of children suffering from acute malnutrition "shot up" by 50% to 1.4m, UN agency warns.

SOS-Torture Burundi compiled harrowing testimonies of rape used a weapon of repression.

Any suspension in the elections – scheduled for December 2017 – could spark violence, warn analysts.

Clashes between armed groups fighting for control of Ouaka province killed at least 45.

Thirty-six women and children taken to UN centres in Iraq before being reunited with families.

There were just 113 convictions out of 3,266 cases of slavery offences in 2015.

Before Kenneth Williams was executed, he apologised to victims' families and began speaking in tongues.

Food is so scarce that inmates catch snakes in order to avoid starvation.

Turkey Blocks said the filters used were consistent with those used to censor content.

Kenneth Williams coughed, trembled, lurched and jerked about 15 times after he received the lethal injection.

Five peacekeepers are accused of acts of sexual abuse and exploitation in the first three months of 2017.

3.8m people – 40% of the population – are food insecure but the government says the situation under control.

"The idea that an integration agenda is far right is nonsense," Ukip spokesperson told reporters.

LA erupted into a riot that left 55 people dead after a jury acquitted four white police officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King.

Ahmad Al-Shamri renounced Islam and uploaded his views on social media. The religious police soon visited.

The Commission on Human Rights found around 12 people crammed in a windowless room at a Manila police station.

106 boys and 131 girls were rescued, showing a significant rise since 2015.

Kate Allen, director of the human rights group, spoke to IBTimes UK about the issue.

Move could plunge entire territory into darkness.

Former president Hissene Habre was sentenced to life for rape, sexual slavery and ordering killings.

Medecins Sans Frontieres tells IBTimes of the worrying situation in refugee camps in Tanzania.