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UN calls for more support for Syrian refugees

The UN appealed for more support for Syrian refugees on Wednesday (January 14) after it launched the largest ever report examining their living conditions of refugee communities.

Rights groups blast Russian law banning transgender people from driving

Rights groups blast Russian law banning transgenders from driving

New Russian regulation denying transgender people the right to drive has drawn condemnation from human rights activists and LGBT community.

Colorado church refuses funeral for gay woman

Minister at a church in Colorado has refused to hold the funeral of a woman because she was a lesbian.

South Sudan conflict: UN urges African Union atrocities report to be made public

African Union-led report reveals human rights abuses committed by both factions.

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2,100 people died in Syrian prisons in 2014 says monitor

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least 2,100 deaths in Syrian prisons in 2014.

Inside the Isis prison state: The brutal Islamic State penal code explained

IBT's Raqqa expert talks us through the horrific penal code with which IS subjugates local population.

Middle East snow: Syrian refugees face desperate situation in freezing weather

Syrian refugees are facing a desperate situation after a snowstorm struck the region.

Saudi Arabia: Activist Raif Badawi's 1,000 lashes public flogging to commence after Friday prayers in 'Chop Chop Square'

Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and ten years in prison for promoting public debate.

US Foreign Affairs Committee blasts 'fraudulent' statement on Bangladesh

The Bangladesh National Party has launched an investigation into the document.

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia stable after 'vomiting attack' during police siege

Exclusive: Senior BNP source tells IBTimes UK that the former PM remains ill.

UN: Syrians are largest refugee population after Palestinians with 3 million fleeing war

At least 3 million people have fled Syria since the eruption of civil war in 2011.

Britain's LGBTI fighters have made huge strides - but bullying, suicides and drug abuse show our work isn't done

Homophobia has been pushed back since 1999 but we must keep up the fight.

Bangladesh police arrest Ekushey TV boss Abdus Salam on 'trumped-up' pornography charges

Salam was detained by police after his channel aired a speech from an opposition politician.

Omni Processor: New machine transforms sewage into electricity and drinking water

Self-powered machine that turns faeces into fresh water developed through Gates Foundation.

Boko Haram attacks threaten to derail Nigerian elections as terror crisis grows

Presidential election at risk after wave of violence across Borno, Yobe and Damaturu.

Papua New Guinea: Witch hunts displacing dozens as women flee villages to escape murder

Women accused of witchcraft flee their villages as they are at risk of being killed.

Why Vladimir Putin and his racist Ukrainian stooges tried to turn me into a Nazi

Ukraine's far-right knuckledruggers are desperate for publicity - but the only beneficiary is Putin.

Nigeria Boko Haram: Parents urge UN to help find Chibok girls as 'government not able'

Parents of missing girls appeal to UN while Boko Haram's attacks continue to claim lives.

Bangladesh braces for 'backlash' after police lock opposition leader Khaleda Zia in office

A senior BNP source tells IBTimes UK that the police's claim of protecting Zia is a 'joke'.

The cemetery of Champlan, a southern Paris' suburb. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)

French mayor says decision to refuse Roma infant burial was 'misunderstanding'

Champlan mayor Christian Leclerc was accused of racism after refusing child grave and claiming local rates payers had priority.

Edward Snowden's legal defence fund accepts bitcoin donations

Fund is managed by Courage Foundation that looks to build Snowden support network around world.

Egypt: Top court orders retrial of three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists

The three journalists were earlier sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison

The death chamber and the steel bars of the viewing room are seen at the federal penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas

Maryland's last four death row inmates have their executions cancelled on New Year's Eve

Governor chose last day of 2014 to commute sentences to life in prison.

Saudi Arabia beheads 83rd person of 2014, tops Amnesty list for executions

Iran, Iraq, the US and China also in charity's death penalty offender list.

Pussy Riot singer Maria Alyokhina arrested during Alexei Navalny protests

Punk singer one of 100 people detained following pro-Navalny demonstration near Red Square.

Memorial mass for Croatian Nazi condemned as 'insult to victims'

Annual memorial mass for genocidal dictator, held in Zagreb, branded a 'disgrace.'

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny arrested at Moscow protest after defying house arrest

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny announced intentions to flout house arrest on twitter.

Police detain opposition leader Alexei Navalny outside a courthouse in Moscow

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny calls on supporters to protest suspended fraud sentence

Navalny was given three-and-a-half year suspended sentence for defrauding two firms.

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny: Court brings fraud verdict forward to 30 December

Russian opposition leader says charges fabricated and politically motivated.

Protesters urge Egypt to free Al Jazeera journalists

Journalists and human rights campaigners protested outside the Egypt embassy in London to demand the release of three Al Jazeera journalists one year on from their incarceration.