HUMAN RIGHTS

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.

Many challenges are weighing the country down, including ethnicity and corruption.

Revelation comes ahead of Pope Francis's scheduled visit to the country's capital Bangui.

A butcher says a customer wanted to buy pig heads and feet in order to "desecrate as many mosques as possible".

A mountain of dirt enveloped makeshift huts, burying migrant jade miners as they slept.

Pontiff is expected to address CAR's religious conflict, LGBT rights, climate change and abortion

The UN will spend 16 days shedding light on ways to end violence against women through its Orange the World campaign.

Pakistan president intervenes, orders inquiry into convict's health.

Human Rights Watch tells IBTimes Pope Francis should also call to end "pervasive impunity".

The company has launched an action plan to tackle human rights abuses in its supply chain.

Activists hope Pope Francis will preach tolerance toward homosexuals and call for peaceful elections

100 people were killed in the past six weeks and 900 houses destroyed in Central African Republic

Xinjiang residents who evade China's firewalls are having their mobile services suspended by police