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We will never see the likes of Nelson Mandela again, US president tells Johannesburg crowd.

Somali rape victim confined to home for six months while journalists who reported the story are jailed.

Kurdistan region of Hassakeh will receive food and aid via airbridge from Iraq.

International Humanist and Ethical Union report says laws curb atheists' freedom.

BBC Panorama investigation accuses charity of contradicting core policies with investment schemes.

Bar Human Rights committee member blocked from acting as international observer at Bahrain trial of Khalil Almarzooq.

Concerns about the Spanish Judiciary and government being flagged up by Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights.

Amnesty International pays a moving tribute to Nelson Mandela, whose death will leave a hole around the world.

Icon of modern South Africa fondly known as Madiba dies aged 95 in his Johannesburg home.

Mandela's daughters informed of their father's death during royal premiere of film

David Cameron and Barack Obama join thousands around the world in an outpouring of grief at the passing of Nelson Mandela

Anti-Semitic author and former Louisiana Republican was living near northern town of Belluno.

Amnesty International reveals images that suggest enlargement of infamous labour camps.

Human trafficking in Sinai caused by Eritrean and Sudanese officers who collude with Bedouin gangs.

Gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev fined for promoting "non-traditional" relationship to minors.

John Yazigi calls on jihadist Jabhat al-Nusra militia to return St Tecla nuns to safety.

Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri bring first case against Poland at ECHR.

Jihadists with al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra among groups that overran pilgrimage site.

Nonhuman Rights Project wants to save chimps from being exhibits in New York.

Communist Party mouthpiece scorns David Cameron meeting with Dalai Lama.

Feminists back pro-EU demonstrations in Kiev with urine protest outside Ukrainian embassy in Paris.

UN high commissioner Navi Pillay accuses Damascus regime of authorising crimes against humanity.

Beijing delegation includes PM's stepfather-in-law, Tory party donor and neighbour.

MP John Hemming says UK courts regularly separate mother from child.

UK should follow Germany's example and create option for indeterminate sex.

More than 50 high-profile British personalities sign open letter criticising Israeli plans to evict Bedouins.

David Cameron will sidestep concern about China's human rights record in Tibet to repair relations damaged by earlier meeting with Dalai Lama.

Children rights commissioner says adoption of Russian children forbidden in countries allowing gay marriage

Rev Justin Welby says designers have devalued Christianity's most potent symbol.

David Cameron to lead trade delegation to China to win contracts, but what constitutes British foreign policy now?