UPDATE: Unconfirmed reports that one person has died during the protests in western city of Kisumu.
Abu Layla died several days after being injured fighting Daesh.
Dozens of pro-democracy activists have been arrested, trialled and sentenced to long prison sentences in a politically-motivated campaign to silence dissents in the resource-rich nation.
The European Court of Human Rights has been asked to halt the man's deportation from Greece to Turkey.
Narendra Modi's government has taken a number of measures to protect Hindu refugees in neighbouring countries.
EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca's brother, and fellow LUCHA activists, tell IBTimes UK about the 21-year-old's fight.
Clovis Ntukamazina and Emmanuel Kamana are missing since their arrest on 21 October 2015
Narendra Modi is expected to discuss human rights in India with President Obama during his visit on 7 June.
DRC, Rwanda and Burundi in the Great Lakes region are in the bottom third of the table.
Rights watchdog reports mass evictions, forced labour and curbs on freedom in Rio.
Justice ministry wants rapists and pedophiles to be tracked so police always know their whereabouts.
Salt Lake City tenants ordered to like apartment building in five days or be in breach of rental agreements.
220,000 FanYa investors use VPNs to spread their plight after being ignored by Chinese regulators.
Royalty isn't immune from punishment, even in private WhatsApp chats.
The Turkish president has sued almost two thousand people accused of insulting him since becoming PM in 2014.
Gbagbo is on trial for alleged role in violence in which 3,000 died and 150 women were raped.
IBTImes UK investigates the wave of killings in Beni in the Congo's mineral-rich North Kivu province.
Verdict marks end of 16 year struggle for justice by victims and rights groups.
At least 3,000 people were killed in post-election violence in 2010.
Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans took part in ruling party's Million Man March in Harare
Zimbabwe's underfunded prisons have been hit by food shortages and inmate deaths.
More than a dozen detainees are at risk of death from poor conditions, says Amnesty.
The comments were made by Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fazwan on a TV broadcast.
Pakistan's influential Council of Islamic Ideology has opposed a proposed bill to combat violence against women.
Joseph Kabila's ruling PPRD postponed its rally to avoid confrontation with opposition supporters
Texas filed the federal lawsuit and was later joined by 10 states throughout the US.
Human Rights Watch claims security forces have used sexual violence on female students
Former Labour deputy Harriet Harman has warned the EU referendum campaign has been dominated by men.
Human rights lawyer is counsel for former president jailed over 'politically motivated' charges.
Romania has decriminalised gay marriages after 2000, petitioners are pushing to ban such marriages.