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The unlikely bill comes less than two weeks since the state finally repealed the anti-transgender 'bathroom bill'.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