human rights

Ensaf Haidar said her husband's writings were innocent and pointed out that plenty of other writers make similar comments on social media.

Daniel Mekonnen says that he has received death threats for his work in Eritrean diaspora

Report details human rights abuses by both pro-Moscow militias and Ukrainian government forces.

Damning report from Amnesty International condemns Ukrainian combatants for a litany of war crimes

Ireland could become first country in world to legalise gay marriage through a national vote.

Saudi civil service advertises for eight positions of "religious functionaries" to carry out "judgement of death".

Common torture methods include beatings and strapping suspects onto metal interrogation tiger chairs

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urges UK authorities to take action against tabloids anti-immigrant coverage.

Charity Stonewall explains why compulsory LGBT sex and relationships education is essential for healthy lives

Amnesty leads condemnation of sentence by Beijing court.

Lithuanian suspect claimed he was too unwell to leave Britain.

Samar Badawi has suffered double tragedy after brother Raif and husband Waleed Abu al-Khair both imprisoned.

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.

5 Chinese women detained for campaigning for women's rights remain imprisoned since 6 March

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International criticise Britain's policy towards Egyptian leader Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

Tourists given priority in shelter centre claims Aboriginal community leader

Fear, repression and injustice cast a dark shadow over the first-ever European Games in Baku.

European Games in Baku offers the ideal platform for athletes and organisers to highlight abuses.

Amnesty International's annual report State of the World's Human Rights makes for grim reading.

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

The United Nations World Day of Social Justice is observed on 20 February 2015.

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.

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

New Human Rights Watch report says governments facing crisis ignore human rights

Exclusive: The activist tells IBTimes UK the government should invest more in renewable energy.

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

Iranian rights group set to release separate report on human rights violations by British government.

Defector Kim Kwang-il's hellish version of life as prisoner of Kim Jong-un.

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.

IBTimes UK looks at the struggles of Syrian female refugees on United Nations' Human Rights Day