Salman is alleged to have headed a committee which identified dissenting athletes in 2011.
Reports emerged of up to five civilians deaths but the UN has so far denied it killed refugees.
Disclosing secrets is often the only way to end human rights abuses and whistleblowers must be protected.
Al-Saadi Gaddafi told Human Rights Watch that he was 'terrorised' and tortured by guards at al-Hadba prison.
Geeta was accompanied by the Edhi family who looked after her in Karachi.
Death sentences have been carried for apostasy, blasphemy and "fornication".
Statistics show during 2014 and 2015 there were 58,399 detentions under the Act – an increase of 9.8 percent.
More than 2,000 athletes from 30 different countries will compete
IBTimes UK meets World Vision to discuss solutions to end child soldier recruitment.
EXCLUSIVE: Tiananmen Square survivor spoke to IBTimes UK a day before he was detained.
Sikh Lives Matter protest organisers accused police forces of being violent at the demonstration on Thursday.
700 vulnerable people living in precarious conditions, described as a "humanitarian emergency".
Facing charges of crimes against humanity, Habré said victims were 'nymphomaniac prostitutes'.
Activists have demanded the release of environmental NGO director Mohon Kumar Mondal.
Protesters form roadblock to raise awareness about Sikh deaths in India.
Human rights violations at iPhone 6s factory in China exposed by China Labor Watch.
Confucius Peace Prize awarded to Robert Mugabe despite human rights record
Government also proposed a month-long 'stopover' in new camps to de-bottleneck the 'New Jungle'
114 refugees including 28 children landed on the RAF base but Britain rejects responsibility.
Nearly 40 British MPs have raised concerns over India's human rights record under PM Modi.
Universities across South Africa brought to standstill as students call for lower tuition fees.
Minghui Yu's parents were tortured for joining the banned group Falun Gong in China.
Houthis accused of shelling indiscriminately and confiscating food and medicine
Crowd-funding campaign is aiming to buy an island for the world's refugees by 2020.
Two children were burned alive in what is believed to be a dispute between castes in Haryana.
Journalists says he was attacked with iron bars and and clubs, and suffered microfractures to his feet.
Sudan's president has been invited to attend India-Africa Forum Summit on 26-29 October
Binner's move to travel to Basel for assisted suicide - illegal in the UK - has reignited the debate on right to assisted dying.
Trauma from civil war and amphetamine abuse gives rise to poorly managed mental health centres.
YouGov says the electorate have a negative outlook when they think about the communist state.