HUMAN RIGHTS

Badawi's comments are featured in the preface of a book titled '1,000 Lashes: Why I Say What I Think' which is due to be published in Germany.

Daily Mail makes me sick - how can people blame depression for what Andreas Lubitz did?

Ten people have been arrested in dawn raids in Oxford aimed at preventing human exploitation, slavery and fraud

Le Pen is a modern-day Napoleon and we should salute her. As long as you ignore her horrific views on women.

Thousands have defied Houthi murderers to show breadth of opposition to rebels in Taiz.

The officials forced detainees' mouths around exhaust pipes of running cars as torture method.

Denying domestic workers the right to change employers defies both common sense and basic decency.

In Argentina people view Cameron as an idiot who is giving President Kirchner exactly what she wants.

Sigman's ideas are well-intentioned but, to a feminist, they're about as helpful as making Jeremy Clarkson prime minister.

The government has created a system that appears to place huge health risk on British men.

Previous legislation was vague and open to abuse, and today's decision is a vital step forward.

Three men believed to be from China's Muslim north-west executed for training knife attackers that killed 31 people in Kunming.

Tragic case of Shaimaa al-Sabbagh shows Egypt's peaceful protesters are staring down the barrel of a gun.

Worker and owner of holiday bungalow hospitalised after machete and baton attack in Cambodia.

Ashley Judd promised to press charges against Twitter trolls after abuse and threats following her tweets on sport.

Tens of thousands expected to join marches against racism and fascism across the UK.

Steven Wise argues that animals including chimps and enemies have sophisticated cognitive capacities, and should not have the legal status of property.

There has been a surge in executions since Pakistan lifted six-year-moratorium on death penalty in January

Resolution drafted by Dutch delegate Pieter Omtzigt also encourages member states to grant asylum to whistle-blowers.

Belgian FM Didier Reynders accused for his 'blacked up' look for a children's charity.

Tunisia - the lone success story of the 2011 Arab Spring - faces significant challenges following Bardo Museum massacre

Shafqat confessed to killing a child - but only after nine days of torture.

Former Facebook employee Chia Hong says she was discriminated against for being female and Taiwanese.

24 Assyrians were released by Isis in early March but hundreds more are still held hostage

Hussain was sentenced to death when he was 14.

Tourists given priority in shelter centre claims Aboriginal community leader

Kurds may have beaten Isis in Kobani - but Kurdophobia remains rife.

Charity says punishing civilians because Raqqa is under Islamic State control cannot be justified.

People of Ukraine hope today's images of Vladimir Putin are old or doctored - we can't bear the thought that he is back.