human rights

Cairo issues warrant for Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, six other US-based Coptic Christians and Pastor Terry Jones over Islamophobic film.

US-based charity documents at least 12 summary executions by anti-Assad forces.

Members of Salafist group Tawhid wal-Jihad found guilty of kidnapping and killing peace activist in Gaza Strip.

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung targets three political blogs in further crackdown.

President Yahya Jammeh says the executions have only been suspended.

Bahraini activist talks to IBTimes UK about human rights violations in the tiny Gulf kingdom

Labour MP Ann Clwyd announces that Foreign Affairs select committee will start an inquiry into human rights violations in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

Bahraini opposition leader welcomes Danish call for sanctions against unelected government.

Pirate Bay founder faces one-year in prison after being deported from Cambodia to his native Sweden.

Neighbourhoods of Midan, Suleimaniyeh and Aziziyeh are left without drinking water after major pipeline is damaged.

Security of the girl remains a concern even after her release.

Undercover investigation finds abuse of workers including child labour and excessive overtime, rife in Samsung and supplier factories.

Just days after US Justice Department closed inquiry into CIA abuses, new report provides fresh allegations of torture against suspected terrorists.

The Independent's foreign editor defends veteran Middle East correspondent, telling IB Times that 'Fisk is not a propagandist'.

Never mind the focus on Greece, Chris Clarke explains why UK should leave the European Union.

Girl denounced by own family after being discovered with 29-year-old man in bushes near power station.

Cathal Gilbert finds out that South Africa is far from the promised land for refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A book review by Jason Beerman in Saturday, 01 September 2012's Toronto Star, reminds me that Communism in theory and practice can be miles apart. The Zenith now translated into English, is a book describing a fictionalized account of the life of Ho Chi Minh by celebrated Vietnamese authoress Duong Thu Huong. Celebrated that is outside Vietnam where, for the most part, Thu Huong and her works do not meet the Government's approval and she now lives in exile in Paris.

Daughter and acting president of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights condemns 'international silence' over rights abuses.

Leicestershire man arrested for wounding two intruders with shotgun blast at his home near Melton Mowbray 'should not be punished'.

State funeral for Ethiopia's long-time leader Meles Zenawi will be the country's first in eight decades.

45 migrants rescued but 100 still missing as smugglers' boat sinks off coast of Indonesia.

Ukrainian high court rejects claim by former PM against seven-year sentence.

Barankov is wanted by Belarusian regime, led by 'Europe's last dictator' Alexander Lukashenko.

Sectarian riot in Kenya enters second day after controversial killing of radical Islamic cleric.

Government seeking to end nearly 50 years of conflict with Communist fighters.

Death of 23-year-old US activist in Gaza Strip an accident, rules Israeli judge, but family will appeal to supreme court.

Bahrain Watch claims government paid 18 UK and US PR firms to play down scale of pro-democracy movement - and blame protests on Iran.

Syria's key cities witness one of bloodiest days as Assad's forces continue to deploy artillery and helicopters.

Shells were intended for al-Shabaab revels in port town of Kismayo.