human rights

Schoolboy claims he was picked up by Bahrain security forces while playing in street with friend and forced into confession.

Police say that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces arrest for breaching bail conditions while seeking political asylum.

UN investigator wants probe into civilian casualties in growing number of drone attacks.

Ecuadorian government analysing Julian Assange's plea for political asylum in London embassy.

Main armed resistance force says join us and we will protect you in future democratic Syria.

Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years of the last 24 years under house arrest in Myanmar, returns to hero's welcome in UK.

Palestinian football star wins freedom in exchange for ending three-month hunger strike.

Two surviving defendants have seven days to appeal against sentence for crime that sparked wave of sectarian violence in Rakhine state.

Saudi Kingdom is planning to buy 300 to 600 'Leopard 2' battle tanks from Germany.

Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize means personally extending my concerns for democracy and human rights beyond national borders, said Suu Kyi in her speech.

Birmingham woman in jail with her two young children awaiting trial for allegedly carrying 63kg of heroin through Islamabad airport.

EU's European Council targets regime with ban on export of luxury and 'dual-use' items to Syria.

Pictures including women and children being slaughtered during the more-than-a-year-long bloodshed.

More than 20 dead and 30,000 villagers displaced as ethnic violence erupts across western coastal region.

Syrian forces use sexual violence as terror tactic weapon against jailed protesters, Human Right Watch says.

Amnesty International accuses UN Security Council of dithering while Syrian regime acts with impunity against its own people and human rights crisis unfolds.

Judges dismiss bid by Julian Assange to reopen extradition case, ending his last legal recourse in Britain.

Bahrain court sentences nine medics for role in pro-democracy protests, while acquitting nine others.

For many, the image of a footballer is not the same than that of any person they know or know of, with sportsmen often taking a much more emotionless, hero-like picture in fans' minds as they play week in and out and enjoy pleasures in life that the majority of the population won't ever experience.

Human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in iran.

Manama accuses provocative social media of fomenting demonstrations with 'lies against Bahrain'.

French football legend and ex-Man United forward pledges support to prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 85 days.

Poland's Interior Minister Jacek Cichocki rejects media reports suggesting one football supporter has died after violent clashes between rival Russian and Polish fans prior to European Championship group match.

UN acknowledges uprising has reached scale of civil war, as Assad's forces try to recapture swathes of cities taken by rebel troops.

US warns that helicopters will escalate conflict dramatically on day of mortar deaths and Annan's fresh plea for support

Appeal adds another chapter to 18-month battle by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against alleged sex offences committed Sweden.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan ends decades of discrimination against Kurdish minority by allowing language to be taught to those who want it.

Anonymous claims metals trader Traxys ignoring its own guidelines not to buy from war zones as business in precious minerals goes on.

Equality and Human Rights Commission accuses police of racial profiling by using section 60 stop powers and questions low arrest rate achieved by it.

UN observers denied access to the town of Haffa by the Assad regime where there are fears of a new massacre.