human rights

Pillay's condemnation follows wave of self-immolations in Tibet in protest against Chinese rule.

Cathal Gilbert looks at technologies being used by activists and discovers that many of most innovative ideas have come out of Africa.

Skulls, flowers, crosses and photos characterise Day of the Dead national holiday.

Online opposition China Republican party shut down after just one day and founder jailed in run-up to congress.

MPs part of 150-strong mob which assaulted immigrants over alleged stabbing of local hairdresser.

Human rights group follows Hillary Clinton and EU's Catherine Ashton call for country to draw line under grim past and move to integration.

China's one-child directive has curbed population growth but brought prolonged human rights controversy. Hannah Osborne examines the potential pitfalls of a similarly divisive policy in the UK.

Songwriters sentenced to four and six years in jail for protest pop against communist party rule

Pro-democracy activists and Bahraini opposition claims government move is "against international human rights"

BBC3 documentary follows gay men in US who say they are being treated to become heterosexual.

Egypt's conservative groups have approved the introduction of Bible verses that do not conflict with Islamic principles.

Nearly 150 people were killed on the first day of the truce, claim activists.

Human rights campaigners accuse Myanmar government of failing to prevent Rohingya massacre.

As two Pussy Riot members are condemned to old SOviet gulag, the violent methods of Russian police spark fear of Stalin era comeback, human rights group say

US State Department rebuts General Nikolai Makarov allegations and says missiles Russian-made.

Russia says rebels have US stingers while HRW accuses Assad of using Soviet-made cluster bombs

The international envoy for Syria reportedly pushed "extremely hard" for a truce during talks in Damascus

Neo-Nazi lawmakers allegedly involved in attacks against street vendors and armed robbery can now be prosecuted.

Three people killed and 400 homes destroyed in fresh clashes between Buddhist majority and Muslim minority in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

Human rights activists denounce abuses inside besieged village after death of officer in explosion.

Taxi driver spared second conviction after officer failed to charge him or offer solicitor following confession.

Greece's Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias has threatened to sue The Guardian over the allegations of torture against Greek police.

Pro-democracy rally spirals out of control with bomb explosion in village near capital Manama.

Government tells IBTimes UK it strongly objects to allegations by Commons foreign affairs committee.

Opponents to Al-Khalifa ruling family are tweeting torn pictures of king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa.

200 anti-abortion protesters rally outside Marie Stopes private abortion clinic in Belfast.

Mah Gul, 20, beheaded in Herat after repeatedly refusing mother-in-law's requests to sleep with men for money.

Zafer Çağlayan says Brussels has 'kept Turkey waiting at its door for 50 years' while PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan ignores Europe completely.

After being arrested at Heathrow Airport, Shajul Islam has been charged with unlawfully imprisoning John Cantlie and Jeroen Oerlemans.

Report by Human Rights Watch contradicts earlier claims that late Libya dictator died in firefight.