Recipients said to have made "inspirational and meaningful contributions to advancing human rights".
Paul Wright
Apr 13, 2017
Nobel Peace Prize winner shot by Taliban lauds Canada for embracing refugees.
Priya Joshi
Apr 13, 2017
A series of six short films show the reality of sexual harassment.
Lydia Smith
Apr 12, 2017
The unlikely bill comes less than two weeks since the state finally repealed the anti-transgender 'bathroom bill'.
James Tennent
Apr 12, 2017
The regime in Iran is among the worst human rights abusers in the world.
Tahar Boumedra
Apr 12, 2017
Interior Minister issues official order after accusing MSD of 'inciting violence' and funding armed groups.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 12, 2017
Gay men are being detained and held in camps in Chechnya.
Lydia Smith
Apr 12, 2017
Gay men are being detained and held in camps in the Chechen Republic.
Andy West
Apr 12, 2017
Activists have put out a call on social media to oppose the crackdown on the LGBT community.
Brendan Cole
Apr 12, 2017
UK trade minister came under fire for suggesting Britain and Duterte's Philippines could have "shared values".
Lara Rebello
Apr 12, 2017
A medical watchdog in Tunisia has called for doctors to cease the 'degrading' practice.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 12, 2017
At least 100 gay men have been rounded up by the Chechen authorities.
Lydia Smith
Apr 11, 2017
It is believed charges may be linked to Hakainde Hichilema's blocking of President Lungu's motorcade.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 11, 2017
An 'avoidable humanitarian crisis' is 'fast becoming an inevitability', UN refugee agency has warned.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 11, 2017
Claims come as security forces raided Hakainde Hichilema's home and used 'toxic gas' to force him out.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 11, 2017
At the last minute, the women were told they couldn't participate in a planned run.
Lydia Smith
Apr 11, 2017
Amnesty reports record number of death sentences.
Paul Wright
Apr 11, 2017
At least 20 students demanding better studying conditions wounded following security forces response.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 11, 2017
The Syrian conflict has been ongoing for six years, with no evidence of political will in the West to end it.
Lina Khatib
Apr 11, 2017
Security forces were engaged in a shootout as heavily armed militants raided a village in the Diffa region.
Vasudevan Sridharan
Apr 11, 2017
It follows clashes between French riot police and as many as 150 migrants.
Tareq Haddad
Apr 11, 2017
The men could receive 100 lashes after their case was sent to Aceh's Sharia court.
Romil Patel
Apr 11, 2017
Some 429 people have reportedly been put to death in Vietnam between August 2013 and June 2016.
Paul Wright
Apr 11, 2017
We've prioritised trade and the economy over human life.
Kate Allen
Apr 11, 2017
IBTImes UK hears from UN refugee agency about displaced women forced to give birth at border.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 10, 2017
Arrests are being made as part of an anti-LGBT purge in the region.
Lydia Smith
Apr 10, 2017
She was absent from her job for 10 minutes.
Lydia Smith
Apr 10, 2017
Family forced into impossible situations as an an arc of hunger and violence stretches across Africa into the Middle East.
David Sim
Apr 10, 2017
There have been concerns about a mass African exodus from the world court.
Elsa Buchanan
Apr 10, 2017
Senior Conservative MP and select committee chair Crispin Blunt spoke to IBTimes UK.
Ian Silvera
Apr 10, 2017