HUMAN RIGHTS

A South African appeals court has found Pistorius guilty of the murder of Steenkamp.

Foreign nations have cut aid to Nkurunziza's government over allegations of human rights violations.

For the first time in the kingdom's history women in Saudi Arabia are getting a chance to vote as well as stand for elections.

Progress was made after Rana Plaza disaster that killed 1,135 but women still face abuse.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities is marked on 3 December 2015.

Amnesty International says migrant workers conditions in Qatar have not improved despite promises by Doha.

UK MPs are debating whether to join the US and France in carrying out air strikes on Isis targets in Syria.

A British Sikh claims he was attacked outside a nightclub in Krakow after being mistaken for a 'terrorist'.

The commercial, which could be seen on Coca-Cola's YouTube channel, was removed on 1 December.

UK and other countries urged to bring torture prosecutions against the US.

After a Congress minister admits that banning Salman Rushdie's novel was wrong, we round up all India's banned books.

At least 45,000 Cubans are expected to travel by bus, boat, taxi and on foot to the US via Latin America this year.

The singer is already the national spokesperson for Unicef Kid Power.

India's Congress Party remains divided over its stance on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel.

Lin was supposedly barred from China after criticising human rights abuses.

News reports indicate that the Gulf kingdom is 'testing the waters' ahead of mass executions

High Court rules to change law to allow abortion in cases of sexual crimes and foetal abnormality

High-profile protest staged for fathers' rights in divorce and separation proceedings.

100 Muslims 'stabbed' or 'had their throats slit' in brutal sectarian violence around Bangui's K5 enclave.

IBTimes UK takes a closer look at the social, political and economic factors in the DRC before the elections.

IBTimes UK explains who fights and why in CAR, as Pope Francis visits K5 Muslim enclave

The controversy surrounding Khan's remarks on growing intolerance continues despite his clarification.

One banned book was Fanny Hill, an erotic novel published in 1748

Two top journalists of Cumhuriyet daily hauled to court by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Practice shows no sign of decline in rural areas and among the poorest.

NGOs investigating human rights abuse and fighting against corruption branded 'insurgents'.

Kevin Frayer photographs Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns at the Utmost Bliss Dharma Assembly.

European Court of Human Rights upholds government ban of religious symbols in public offices

DRC government accused of persecuting political opponents and activists one year before presidential election.