human rights

Sentence on protest charges reduced to two years for Bahrain Centre for Human Rights leader.

Cairo 'million-man marches' raises Egypt tensions.

Kadima party leader Shaul Mofaz regrets Israel not assassinating exiled militant leader.

Mursi grants powers to army to arrest civilians and maintain security to ensure controversial referendum goes through.

Massive Gaza rally vows to free Palestine 'inch by inch'.

Syrian rebels circle Damascus airport and army counterattacks in southern districts.

US concerns over string of self-immolations in Tibet rebutted by China's foreign ministry.

Cameron backs proposal to allow gay marriages in religious buildings but won't force groups to carry out ceremonies

Spy jailed for four years in South Korea after posing as defector to carry out espionage.

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index places Greece 94th, below Bulgaria and Romania and the bottom spot in EU.

Software pioneer and fugitive John McAfee hiding out in Guatemala but will give a press conference.

Mortar lands on school in al-Wafideen refugee camp outside Damascus, 29 pupils and teacher feared dead.

Amnesty International releases report on 'human rights catastrophe' in Islamist-controlled south Yemen.

Second page appeared online immediately after the deletion of the original one following court order.

Activist tells new Beijing leader that he should embark on urgent programme of reform.

Sex offender wins fight for Facebook to take down mystery name-and-shame page - but identical one soon appears.

General Assembly votes to grant Palestine non-member observer state status by 138 votes to 9.

Two men have been arrested in Kunduz for beheading teenager known as Gisa with a knife.

Anonymous member tells IBTimes UK that collective is global operation with cells in 50 countries.

Workers try to set fire to factory just hours after blaze at Walmart plant kills 111 people at nearby Tazreen.

Two car bombs explode in the loyalist suburb of Jaramana in the Syrian capital, Damascus, but total number of deaths uncertain.

Report says changes to guidelines would be ineffective as they are non-binding and are not subject to law.

Gay rights group Outrage dismisses former boxer's views as marginal.

Controversy has dogged Mexico's boy matador but he has fulfilled his dream in week before 15th birthday.

MP unfurls flag of 1967-74 military junta and another threatens to kill anti-fascist protesters.

10 children die in Syrian village of Deir al-Asafir in attack by Assad forces' MiG fighter.

PM Dmitry Medvedev says supply of weapons to Assad is lawful but that Russia is neutral in conflict.

University Hospital Galway doctors refusal to grant abortion to woman in severe pain prompts third investigation.

Suspected Illegal Immigrants detained in Komotini stage revolt in which 16 people wounded.

President Mohammed Mursi says new powers will enable him to root out 'weevils' from old regime.