human rights

Egypt's top court confirms its rulings over unconstitutionality of a third of parliament despite president Morsi's claims

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab arrested by masked riot policemen after being sentenced to three months in prison.

'Sand running out of hour glass,' says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as Kofi Annan due to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over future of six-point peace plan.

Shelling of Lebanon from Syria raises the spectre of the conflict escalating and dragging in neighbouring countries where Syrians have taken refuge from the brutal Assad regime.

Tarzan 2 video demands release of Learco Chindamo, who stabbed his headteacher Philip Lawrence to death in 1995

Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass defected to Turkey, indicating President Assad's inner circle is beginning to fall apart.

Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone were given 50 years and 15 years respectively for systematic planning of baby thefts from Leftist prisoners.

Video apparently showing two Syrian guards in sustained assault on young detainee supports torture claims of Human Rights Watch.

Founder of equal rights NGO murdered on way to work by motorbike assassins in tribal area.

As a well-known user of Apple Macs, the Dalai Lama has been targeted by a virus which originates in China.

Official investigation promised after online video shows police officers bullying nine-year-old Abd a-Rahman Burqan in Hebron.

Human Rights Watch identifies 'archipelago of torture centres' used in 'state-sanctioned torture' against pro-democracy protesters.

Gay man to be deportated for second time after UK Border Agency found 'no credible evidence' to back up his claims.

Hong Kong gets a new chief executive, a millionaire, Leung Chun-ying.

For the first time since the Kofi Annan-sponsored peace plan came into effect, world leaders including Russia and China agree on a transitional government to end violence in Syria.

Fresh wave of anti-government and anti-austerity protests sweep across Sudan.

Saudis were angered by the case of a prisoner Arwa Baghdadi who is about to give birth behind bars after being held in custody without charges for several months.

Amnesty International accuses other countries of fuelling conflict in South Sudan through supply of weapons.

Human rights charity blames 'widespread discrimination' against gay, lesbian and transgender people.

Shawn Sullivan, 43, is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl and sexually molesting two 11-year-old girls in Minnesota between 1993 and 1994.

Assad says Syria is at war as fighting reaches outskirts of capital Damascus.

UN expert tasked with investigating human rights violations in Syria finally enters the country.

Lou Nuer and Murle tribal groups engaged in tit-for-tat theft, arson, looting and kidnapping, says UN.

Viral video shows men abducting women off the street and forcing them into matrimony as ancient tradition lives on.

With an historic move, the Gulf Kingdom is poised to send for the first time women athletes to London 2012 Olympic Games.

Journalists and bloggers covering the snowballing protests against price rise are at the receiving end of the regime's security officials.

Aung San Suu Kyi's warm welcome in the UK after years of painful separation was a missed opportunity.

25 villagers kidnapped from Daret Azzeh, slaughtered and mutilated, claims official broadcaster.

Temporary truce clears way for evacuation of trapped and wounded from embattled city.

Celebrity supporters who stood bail for WikiLeaks founder may lose their money after he sought asylum in Ecuadorian embassy.