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Raif Badawi: Wife of flogged Saudi blogger clings to 'hope' of clemency
Ensaf Haidar said her husband's writings were innocent and pointed out that plenty of other writers make similar comments on social media.
Eritrea: Prisons like 'Nazi concentration camps' in the North Korea of Africa says activist lawyer
Daniel Mekonnen says that he has received death threats for his work in Eritrean diaspora
UN war crimes report: Ukraine government forces and pro-Russia militia commit human rights abuse
Report details human rights abuses by both pro-Moscow militias and Ukrainian government forces.
Ukraine frontline: Beatings, torture and modern slavery beyond battlefield war crimes
Damning report from Amnesty International condemns Ukrainian combatants for a litany of war crimes
Ireland prepares for world's first referendum on legalising same-sex marriage
Ireland could become first country in world to legalise gay marriage through a national vote.
Saudi Arabia running short of executioners to behead and amputate prisoners
Saudi civil service advertises for eight positions of "religious functionaries" to carry out "judgement of death".
Police torture in China still routine despite reforms
Common torture methods include beatings and strapping suspects onto metal interrogation tiger chairs
UN human rights chief likens Katie Hopkins migrants 'cockroaches' article to Nazi propaganda
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urges UK authorities to take action against tabloids anti-immigrant coverage.
Election 2015: 'We need compulsory LGBT sex and relationships education to eradicate homophobic bullying'
Charity Stonewall explains why compulsory LGBT sex and relationships education is essential for healthy lives
China: Veteran journalist Gao Yu gets 7 years for 'leaking state secrets'
Amnesty leads condemnation of sentence by Beijing court.
Kestutis Martuzevicius: 'Depressed' accused killer from Lithuania loses UK extradition appeal
Lithuanian suspect claimed he was too unwell to leave Britain.
Raif Badawi flogging: Read impassioned letter from blogger's sister Samar Badawi
Samar Badawi has suffered double tragedy after brother Raif and husband Waleed Abu al-Khair both imprisoned.
Rights group applaud Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson for rejecting religion bill
A group of human rights activists rallied outside the state capitol building, against a bill they say allows people to use religion as a basis for discrimination.
Lawyer slams 'unimaginable' treatment of female Chinese women's rights prisoners
5 Chinese women detained for campaigning for women's rights remain imprisoned since 6 March
Human rights groups: Britain's support of Egypt's Sisi 'is pushing Muslims towards al-Qaeda'
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International criticise Britain's policy towards Egyptian leader Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.
Australia: Elderly and frail Aborigines denied access to shelter as Cyclone Olwyn bore down
Tourists given priority in shelter centre claims Aboriginal community leader
Baku 2015: Azerbaijan prepares to welcome the world - while its own people rot in jail
Fear, repression and injustice cast a dark shadow over the first-ever European Games in Baku.
Azerbaijan: Baku 2015 organiser Simon Clegg's silence on Aliyev human rights abuses is shameful
European Games in Baku offers the ideal platform for athletes and organisers to highlight abuses.
Amnesty: Global response to militant violence 'shameful'
Amnesty International's annual report State of the World's Human Rights makes for grim reading.
Nauru: Hundreds of refugees bound for Australia to be relocated to Cambodia
IOM strikes deal for 400 Nauru island refugees bound for Australia to be relocated in Cambodia
World Day of Social Justice 2015: Europe's hidden problem of child labour
The United Nations World Day of Social Justice is observed on 20 February 2015.
UK internet should be classified as vital public utility service like water and electricity
House of Lords' Make or Break: The UK's Digital Future report states internet is as important to modern-day life as water, gas or electricity.
Panama child fight clubs: Mothers force five-year-old girls to brawl
Mothers arrested for making their young daughters to fight as part of ancient traditions
Human rights 'not a luxury for peaceful times' despite rise of terror groups like Isis
New Human Rights Watch report says governments facing crisis ignore human rights
Bianca Jagger blasts 'scaremongering' David Cameron over UK fracking job claims
Exclusive: The activist tells IBTimes UK the government should invest more in renewable energy.
Rights groups blast Russian law banning transgender people from driving
New Russian regulation denying transgender people the right to drive has drawn condemnation from human rights activists and LGBT community.
Iranian group releases 'report' on US human rights abuses
Iranian rights group set to release separate report on human rights violations by British government.
North Korea prison torture shown in shocking cartoons as UN discusses state's human rights
Defector Kim Kwang-il's hellish version of life as prisoner of Kim Jong-un.
66 journalists killed whilst reporting over past year, says RSF
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) installed a giant container in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Tuesday (December 16) as they published their report on press freedom in the world, which says 66 journalists have been killed while reporting since the beginning of 2014.The report says 119 journalists were kidnapped this year, which is 35 percent up from last year and 40 journalists are being held hostage.Large banners with RSF's findings stood in front of the Eiffel Tower and one poster carried names of slain and kidnapped journalists across the world, including that of American journalist James Foley who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in August.
Human Rights Day 2014: Empowering the single women 'left behind' in the Syrian refugee crisis
IBTimes UK looks at the struggles of Syrian female refugees on United Nations' Human Rights Day