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![North Korea defector Ryu Ki-ho: \"I had never heard of the phrase; human rights\"](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1410170/north-korea-defector-ryu-ki-ho-i-had-never-heard-phrase-human-rights.jpg?w=198&h=135&f=b61825fb49346b108cb990b4f4a22301 "North Korea defector Ryu Ki-ho: \\"I had never heard of the phrase; human rights\\"")
Society
Former soldier tells the Guardian that cracks are appearing in Kim Jong-un\'s regime.
Human Rights
The controversial US naval base currently holds 149 terrorism suspects without charge
Human Rights
Saudi king\'s advisors make proposals to lift driving ban in secret closed session.
Crime
A training programme for Libyan troops was cut short amid sexual assault allegations
Society
British-Iranian woman has not eaten in days as Amnesty International condemns \'appalling\' case
Human Rights
Men jailed for three years each for appearance in video that authorities say 'incited debauchery'
Politics
Sunni militant group says women \'divided\' among Islamist fighters according to Shariah law.
Human Rights
Oklahoma\'s refurbished death chamber aims to improve lethal injections following botched execution of Clayton Lockett.
Crime
Defendant pleads guilty to possessing \'bomb making\' document.
Economy
Israeli minister dismisses investigation into war crimes, says economy doing well compared to Europe.
Human Rights
Death metal band Cannibal Corpse are about to tour Russia - and Putin\'s reaction could create fresh turmoil.
Human Rights
IBTimes speaks to members of the Middle East\'s LGBT community to hear about the hardships they endure on a daily basis.
Human Rights
A Saudi man is seen tossing a newborn baby with vegetables in a cooking pot.
Human Rights
The female victim could barely open her eyes in the sunlight and banned from seeing her daughter.
Human Rights
Qatar confirms that it is holding two British employees of Global Network for Rights and Development.
Politics
Founder of \'Liberal Saudi Network\' has sentence upheld, ordered to endure lashes outside mosque.
Human Rights
A British man and his Saudi wife physically assaulted by religious police outside a mall in Riyadh.
Politics
Average daily cost of the Iraq war, including the airstrikes, is around £4.5 million.
Politics
Pyongyang\'s foreign ministry pours scorns on US for its handling of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Human Rights
Eight of the nineteen people were beheaded for non-violent offences including sorcery and drug smuggling.