HUMAN RIGHTS

Women could face up to five years in prison for having a termination under a proposed new law.

Radio Maria journalist Salvador Nahimana is latest victim of crackdown on media, colleagues claim

ICC opened preliminary examination into abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity.

The African migrant trail via Libya is far more dangerous than the Syrian route via Greece.

Police claims Besigye was arrested as a 'preventive measure' - his supporters say he was 'brutally abducted'.

Kenya's first database reveals 262 police killings since the beginning of 2015.

The franchise, run by Waves Car Wash which manages Tesco hand car washes, was closed down.

Police fired tear gas at the crowd to break up protesters.

Elhamy Agina previously said women should have FGM because men were too weak to resist them.

Comparison to Hitler did not come from the president, despite statements made during speech says aide.

Edgar Matobato said he had killed more than 50 people as part of Duterte's anti-crime squad.

International NGO alleges police brutality and efforts to 'clean up' streets of poor children.

Writers, politicians and netizens are banding together to reject showing the alleged video of Leila de Lima.

Call for a general strike as part of plan to 'massively reject' the legitimacy of Bongo's re-election.

Amaan Azmi is the third son of a prominent former Islamist leader to be detained since August.

UN investigators will work with the existing Yemen national commission inquiry into human rights abuses.

Elected as a senator in May, he supports Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

The royal reportedly told bodyguards: 'Kill this dog, he doesn't deserve to live'.

Injected with an unknown substance during torture, activists speak of fears to IBTimes UK.

Rights groups welcome US sanctions on Congolese security officials accused repressing freedoms of DRC people.

Inquiry into death of father-of-two, who survived refugee camps and prison, shot by police in San Diego.

Bemba received an 18-year jail term for atrocities committed by troops which included murder, rape and pillaging.

The National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (NAVUZ) is increasingly becoming the target of violence

'These prisoners are supposed to be under the government's protection,' de Lima said.

Detainees were allegedly subjected to beatings, choking with plastic bags, strangulation, waterboarding and electric shocks.

Judges ruled that many Pakistani prisoners were mentally ill and they 'couldn't let everyone go'.

FBCP among groups protesting against organisations behind rights violations and killings.

Hindus are 1.6% of Pakistan's population but have never been privileged to register their marriages since 1947.

Drugs are a problem in the Philippines – the real issue, though, is poverty.