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If convicted, the suspects could face life in prison or a minimum of 10 years behind bars.

Appeal court rules government should have arrested Sudan's president who is wanted by ICC.

Buhari is in Equatorial Guinea to hold talks with counterpart, President Mbasogo, on maritime security.

Ethically sourced tea cocktails? Yes please.

Two former military officers are ordered to pay just over $1 million to 11 indigenous women held as sex slaves during the civil war.

Breivik has living quarters, study, exercise room and access to a computer and games console.

Authorities knew Ahmed Mansour Qurani Sharara's name should not have been on list of 116 defendants in court.

Rights group claims thousands face violence at the hands of governments and militant groups in 2015.

Ruling Frelimo army uses excuse of disarming Renamo militias to commit abuses, rights groups claim.

Rights groups claim Mali forces detaining thousands of conflict-linked civilians 'without legal warrant'.

The primary goal of BDS is the destruction of Israel, not the well-being of the Palestinian people.

Kizza Besigye said he has no confidence that elections this week will be free or fair.

More than 2,700 people signed a petition on Change.org calling for the woman to be moved elsewhere, ahead of her release on 8 February.

UK and Swedish authorities' posturing over UN's ruling shows how little the law means to governments.

The leftist-led government's pension reform plan has slashed workers' salaries to meet targets set by the country's foreign creditors.

Adolescent girls who have fled the conflict in Syria pose as their future selves -  having achieved their goals.

Tougher measures on refugees also include extension of family reunification to three years

Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.

Trip will be the foreign secretary's second in six months.

Many Russians have internalised the values of the old Soviet Union and don't expect basic justice.

Constitutional Court can nullify ECHR rulings if they are deemed in violation of the constitution.

IBTimes UK speaks to rights group urging African leaders for 'genuine commitment'.

Women will be allowed to stand and vote in Saudi Arabia municipal election for the first time on Saturday 12 December.

Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December with the theme "Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always".

A third of trans people in the UK experience transphobic abuse every year.

Teenagers are at risk of nicotine poisoning and pesticide exposure from toxic chemicals applied to crops.

Mother-of-two was sentenced to death by stoning in August.

Progress was made after Rana Plaza disaster that killed 1,135 but women still face abuse.

A ruling by the Belfast high court found Northern Ireland abortion legislation to be in breach of human rights law.

Kenyan activist speaks to IBTimes UK about how Pope Francis' visit to Africa could eliminate homophobia.