human rights

Amnesty International urges US President Barack Obama to release convicted soldier.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 21, 2013

Group of education-focused NGOs say virginity tests for high school girls would be illegal.

Hannah Osborne Aug 21, 2013

Rebels claim troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad bombarded suburbs with nerve gas overnight.

Gareth Platt Aug 21, 2013

Education bosses in Prabumulih says virginity tests are needed to stop female students engaging in 'negative acts'.

Hannah Osborne Aug 20, 2013

Kent businessman jailed for seven years for selling 'useless' devices for £10,000 each.

Ewan Palmer Aug 20, 2013

SOHR earlier reported Jesuit missionary abducted in ar-Raqqah by Islamic State of Iraq and Levante (ISIS) had been executed.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 19, 2013

Clashes start after heavy-handed cell search amid claims of torture and severe beatings.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 16, 2013

Nina Siahkali Moradi, a 27-year-old aspiring electoral candidate in Iran, has been denied the position despite winning enough votes.

Drishya Nair Aug 16, 2013

Al-Qaida linked rebels fighting Assad execute two Shiite men in Aleppo.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 16, 2013

IDF says picture of Kuala Lumpur shopping mall removed after 'innocent mistake' realised.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 16, 2013

Human rights activist Larry Poltavtsev tells IBTimes UK why the Sochi Olympics will be a hammer blow for Russia's LGBT community.

Larry Poltavtsev Aug 16, 2013

With reports of execution of kidnapped priest still unconfirmed, IBTimes looks at the shadowy group who snatched him.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 15, 2013

Electoral tampering by Zanu PF paints even bleaker outlook for troubled Zimbabe.

Daniel Molokele Aug 15, 2013

Injuries reported in two villages as demonstrators gather to push home reform demands.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 14, 2013

Italian missionary killed in ar-Raqqah prison by Islamic State of Iraq and Levante group, says SOHR.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 14, 2013

Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa says government will 'forcefully confront' protesters.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 13, 2013

Arms trade activists slam behind-closed-doors meeting with defence company.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 13, 2013

One of the official websites of the Dalai Lama has been hacked, targeting human rights activists.

David Gilbert Aug 13, 2013

Syrian National Front says Italian missionary executed but Rome cannot confirm claim.

Umberto Bacchi Aug 12, 2013

Mothers of the 'disappeared', particularly journalists and Kurdish activists, gather every weekend in Istanbul to demand justice from the Turkish government, says Uzay Bulut.

Uzay Bulut Aug 12, 2013

Gift Chimanikire admits to seeing 'memorandum of understanding' between two nations.

Timur Moon Aug 10, 2013

A protest against the treatment of LGBT people in Russia has been held in London near Downing Street.

Fiona Keating Aug 10, 2013

Home Office defends van poster campaign dubbed racist and provocative by rights groups.

Dominic Gover Aug 09, 2013

Privacy watchdog's lawyers demand answers from BT, Vodafone and telecom majors on spy claims.

Alistair Charlton Aug 09, 2013

SPECIAL REPORT: MPs demand an overhaul of bankruptcy law, horrified at how an alleged £7m smuggling case ruined a business, after its directors were pursued by liquidators from accountancy giant Deloitte.

Timur Moon Aug 09, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Human rights activist banned from boarding to Copenhagen flight to Gulf kingdom

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 09, 2013

Islamic Human Rights Commission charity sending gifts in to prisons in London

Dominic Gover Aug 08, 2013

Syrian information minister says reports of president hit by mortar shelling on way to Malik mosque untrue.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 08, 2013

Barack Obama pulls out of plans to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Gianluca Mezzofiore Aug 07, 2013

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 62 rebels killed in Damascus suburb of Adra

Umberto Bacchi Aug 07, 2013