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Iran: 29 women arrested over anti-hijab protests inspired by 'girl of Enghelab Street'

Women arrested in Iran for staging anti-hijab #whitewednesday protests in Tehran.

Feb 1, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Iran

Indonesia could ban all sex outside marriage

Proposal is part of a series of reforms to the nation's criminal code being considered by parliament.

Feb 1, 2018

By Dan Cancian

See you later: Alligator gobbles up youngster in brutal cannibalistic display

Florida photographer captures chilling moment on camera while taking nature pictures for her website.

Feb 1, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Florida

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Myanmar Rohingya crisis: Mass graves with corpses 'burned away by acid' unearthed

Soldiers systematically disfiguring murdered Rohingya villagers with acid to deny culpability in war crimes, says Human Rights Watch.

Feb 1, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Rohingya Muslims

Professor Green joins online condemnation of 'repulsive' anti-homeless benches

Bournemouth artist Stuart Semple has highlighted the "hostile design" of anti-homeless segregated benches in the town, with help from popular rapper Professor Green.

Feb 1, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Chechen leader accused of torturing gay men claims human rights groups 'lie for money'

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told a reporter that groups claiming human rights violations in the region were making up false stories for money.

Jan 30, 2018

By James Tennent

Iranian women build 5km road to remote village after men say they 'aren't able to do such things'

Iranian women ignore traditional gender roles in conservative rural Iran to prove they can do "men's work" as well as any man.

Jan 30, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Iran

1.6m disability claims to be reviewed after government mental health U-turn

High Court ruling against Theresa May's government on extra disability benefits to result in higher awards for 220,000 claimants.

Jan 30, 2018

By David Brennan

Jamaica bans Holocaust denier and anti-gay Arizona hate preacher Steven Anderson

Jamaica bans Holocaust denier and anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson from the Faithful World Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, from entering the country.

Jan 30, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Arizona

Mumbai opens its first slum hotel for tourists wanting an authentic poverty experience

Mumbai's slum hotel is opening for tourists wishing to experience the reality of poverty in India's largest cities.

Jan 29, 2018

By Neil Murphy

India

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There's something sinister about Theresa May's fake news offensive

Fake news has three distinct meanings, and only one of them is legitimate.

Jan 29, 2018

By Ivor Gaber

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Indonesia: Transgender women forced into masculine 'training'

More than 10 transgender women arrested by Aceh police and forced through masculine "training" regime.

Jan 29, 2018

By James Hetherington

Russia recognises first gay marriage - then immediately charges couple with criminal damage

Eugene Wojciechowski and Pavel Stotsko get married in Denmark but are charged with passport offences on return to Moscow.

Jan 29, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Moscow

Indian newspaper told LGBT photoshoot interviewees that they didn't 'look gay enough'

Mumbai newspaper accused of trying to exploit gay men and women for article on LGBT rights in India.

Jan 25, 2018

By Neil Murphy

India

China detaining 'at least 120,000 Muslim Uighurs in re-education camps'

Mao-era detention camps used to re-educate non-ethnic Chinese Uighurs, says Human Rights Watch and Radio Free Asia.

Jan 25, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

Human rights

In pictures: A safe space for Rohingya women at a Bangladesh refugee camp

The so-called "widow's camp" at Balukhali Rohingya refugee settlement consists of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed.

Jan 24, 2018

By David Sim

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Barbed wire fences and armed guards: First photos of Myanmar's Rohingya reception camps

Myanmar finally allowed the world's media in to Rakhine state to show they are ready to welcome back some of the Rohingya Muslims who fled the country.

Jan 24, 2018

By David Sim

Rohingya Muslims