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The development comes four years after the Supreme Court of India delivered a controversial verdict saying that same-sex consensual relationships are illegal in the country.

Children as young as three spend their days sitting in soot and breathing in coal dust and toxic smoke to make charcoal out of wood scavenged from rubbish dumps.

Myanmar pledged that Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh by the hundreds of thousands would start their journey home later this month. However, few believe that will happen.

Former President Alberto Fujimori has finally apologised to Peruvians for the wrongs committed under his government in the 1990s.

IBTimes UK asked 12 Getty Images photojournalists to choose their most memorable photo of the year and tell us the story behind the picture.

The Finsbury Park imam, who was deported to the US and convicted of 11 terror charges, is appealing against his detention at the maximum security ADX Florence prison in Colorado.

Australian photojournalist Ted McDonnell documents life in Happyland, a ramshackle collection of shelters built around a rubbish dump outside Manila.

Child marriage is common at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where marrying off a young daughter means one less mouth to feed.

The eccentric brother of the king of Belgium claims his human rights will be violated if the government goes ahead with its threat to cut his salary to €308,000 (£280,000).

Prisoners at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre witnessed and heard the murder of fellow inmate Adam Kargus in October 2013.

Video emerges on Chinese social media of three drug dealers being sentenced to death by open court as 1,000 people watch.

In his first public Mass in Myanmar, Pope Francis urged the country's long-suffering ethnic minorities to resist the temptation to exact revenge for the hurt they have endured.

Dramatic images of police and soldiers cracking down on young protesters were broadcast around the world, but less is known about the thousands more who were hauled away.

The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis

International aid groups describe the situation in Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis as millions are at risk of famine.

Human rights activists protest against Iraq's bill of Jafaari Personal Status Law that could legalise child marriage, marital rape and ban Muslims from marrying non-Muslims.

The advert plays on Saudi Arabia's recent historic decision to overturn its decades-old women driving ban.

Not every celebrity and politician has been tactful in their response to the scandal.

On the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, women in Ireland are still struggling for the same freedom.

International rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the announcement, highlighting the dire state of Zimbabwe's health service.

Director of Amnesty Turkey, İdil Eser, has already spent 100 days behind bars. Turkey has been accused of "frequent attacks on human rights".

The firebrand Philippines president asks the European ambassadors not to return to his country again.

Researchers analysed how defendants explained their involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which killed up to one million people.

Norway's Immigration Appeals Board rejected Leila Bayat, alleging her documents were falsified.

The "disabled client" is the pro-sex work lobby's new hero. But there's nothing sympathetic about him.

The West's indifference to Iran's historic crimes lets my brother's killers get away with murder.

"Myanmar doesn't distinguish between the terrorists and civilians. They are hunting all the Rohingya."

Samantha Heaton was refused service bonus at Buffalo Wild Wings over gay tattoo.

Purna Maya, 48, was allegedly raped and tortured by troops during the brutal conflict. Her case is the first to get attention.

This is the first warning of its kind issued by the NAACP.