HUMAN RIGHTS

UN latest report shows number of detainees tortured decreased by 14% but said more has to be done.

The Justice Department has decided against filing civil federal rights charges against George Zimmerman for the 2012 shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Randy Berry is currently the US Consul General in the Netherlands.

Russian president Vladimir Putin says that war with Ukraine is 'unlikely' in an interview on state-run television.

IOM strikes deal for 400 Nauru island refugees bound for Australia to be relocated in Cambodia

Saudi Arabian clerics consider birthdays and western music sinful.

Men in Turkey and Azerbaijan wear miniskirts to protest against violence against women.

Black rights advocate Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was assassinated on 21 February 1965.

Ten years ago the Taliban was the world's most feared militant group. Will it now do the West's dirty work against an even deadlier movement?

Suspension of aerial bombardment of Aleppo is welcome news - but why has it taken a year?

ONE, which works to end extreme poverty, says millions of people can help make positive changes.

Iran has ratified treaties that oblige the country to refrain from the death penalty for individuals under the age of 18.

Syrian and Kurdish fighters preparing to cut off IS at Rodko road and push Islamists further from Kobane.

Oxfam warns gap between reach and poor is widening worldwide due to policy choices

Naseem sentenced to death after being charged with 'enmity against God' and 'corruption on earth'.

Studies show link between inhumane conditions of sugar cane workers and Chronic Kidney Disease

Experiment comes after Jewish journalist dressed in kippah was insulted on streets of Paris in anti-semitism experiment

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead tells us why she'd replace dictators with primary school teachers.

Naseem was arrested and charged with 'enmity against God' and 'corruption on earth' when he was 17.

I remain committed to stopping Lithuania's Neo-Nazis from rewriting history and warping truth of the Holocaust.

France struggling with "loss of tolerance" says Council of Europe human rights commissioner.

Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson warns Bangladesh's ICT ignores international standards.

Human rights watchdog says group has tortured at least one opponent to death this month

Those who called me a 'parasite' after Observer letter must understand I was supporting free speech, not opposing trans rights.

Colombian government refuses police chief's call for child molesters to be given death penalty amid murder scandal

Naseem arrested after a gun battle between Revolutionary Guards and Kurdish militant organisation.

Fifty Shades neither liberates nor entertains - and s about as erotically stimulating as a pensioner's cardigan.

After Charlie Hebdo I was prepared for the gun attack which happened as I was speaking in Copenhagen.

Mothers arrested for making their young daughters to fight as part of ancient traditions