HUMAN RIGHTS

DRC government asked to take 'urgent action' over political repression ahead of 2016 elections

Comments come amid a heated and racially sensitive period in the US presidential race.

Locking up asylum seekers indefinitely is deplorable - but it's not just that. It's also a wasted opportunity.

Donald Trump says if it was OK for Roosevelt to incarcerate Japanese-Americans in WW2, then it's OK to ban Muslims now.

Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December with the theme "Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always".

A third of trans people in the UK experience transphobic abuse every year.

Government crackdown on political opposition could compromise the DRC's 2016 elections, the UN has warned.

Reuters photographers tell the story behind some of the most iconic pictures of the year.

Massacre witnesses tell IBTimes UK that police shot prisoners after grenade attacks.

Teenagers are at risk of nicotine poisoning and pesticide exposure from toxic chemicals applied to crops.

European Union said Burundi failed to implement an inclusive dialogue based on the Arusha Agreement.

Protest comes after the property tycoon called for all Muslims to be banned from travelling to the US.

NGO Huriwa said it holds Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase accountable for alleged killings.

British MPs have put forward questions to the UK's Minister of State about India's human rights record.

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has condemned the demolition of thousands of homes.

Legal analysis on al-Nimr's ruling has found it violates a number of international and regional treaties.

Mother-of-two was sentenced to death by stoning in August.

By law, Kazakhstan ISPs have to install a national security root certificate that unlocks encrypted traffic.

Fires in Amazon rainforest in Brazil are deliberately started by illegal loggers, says Survival International.

Free treatment would include reconstructive surgery, medicines, bed, rehabilitation and aftercare.

Campaigners call for urgent action to combat spread of far right.

UN says there are gross violations of human rights in IS-controlled areas.

IBTimesUK speaks with Phil Clark from Soas university on human rights in DRC before presidential election.

Many say these personal questions remind them of the run-up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

GCHQ admitted that it does hack and deploy malware in case brought by Privacy International

Facebook denies blackmail allegations made by Belgium's Commission for the Protection of Privacy.

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.