HUMAN RIGHTS

Blind protesters were urging government to establish employment quota for disabled people.

Protests erupt after a white police officer was cleared in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Violence erupted in Chechen capital hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech.

EU states will not be allowed to test asylum seekers on their sexuality.

Pentagon said Iran has launched a series of air strikes in eastern Iraq during recent days.

Death penalty delivered for a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.

Protesters stage mass die-ins over the Michael Brown shooting case.

Abortion in Senegal is only permissible if the norther's life is in danger.

World Food Programme warns of food crisis as aid stopped due to lack of funds.

Protesters smash shops over the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers.

The world's worst ever industrial disaster took place 30 years ago in Bhopal, India.

Bahraini activist accused of assaulting a policewoman boycotted 'unfair' trial.

The Bhopal gas tragedy on 2 December 1984 led to the deaths of 25,000 people.

Photos of a private HIV hospice set up by a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition NLD party.

Thousands express outrage as country legalises gay unions

Pro-democracy activists clash with baton-wielding police outside government headquarters.

New research findings reveal that religion over colour attracts more discrimination in the UK.

Plea follows protests after Grand Jury decide not to charge officer Darren Wilson with the killing of Michael Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri

The Finnish parliament legalised same-sex marriage after an equal rights bill was passed.

Eyewitness counts the number of bodies outside the one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano.

GSK SA fired the executive after he failed to attend a performance review.

President Santos must help the Colombian people reclaim what is rightfully theirs.

Supreme Court confirms execution of Soheil Arabi, removing possibility of pardon.

New human rights court is already a failure - and they haven't even created it yet.

Sky News highlights plight of domestic workers for diplomats in Britain.

100 migrant workers face deportation for protesting against low pay and passport confiscation.

Regulators in Brussels say search engines should extend EU internet privacy ruling to all websites globally

At what point are police officers around the world legally permitted to use force to control crowds?

Construction workers arrested after refusing to work unless they were given a pay rise