human rights

Assad's forces detained, tortured and sexually abused children while the rebels used them and failed to protect them, says report.

The Olympics could be a very attractive target for hackers, but who will be hacking, who will their targets be and most importantly, are we ready?

The United Arab Emirates launches crackdown on Islamist dissidents with arrest of three more Emirati radicals.

Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov could face life in jail if convicted of plotting murder of campaigning journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

UN observers say the attack appears to have been aimed at specific rebel groups and army defectors.

World Bank has been frowned upon by human rights groups worldwide as it has approved a loan amount for Ethiopia’s controversial Gibe III dam.

Black Salute talks about the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City where two black Americans gave a "black salute" to the 2,000-odd crowd, protesting against discrimination of black people.

After bombing the region from helicopters, Syrian forces reportedly carried out execution-style killings slaughtering women and children.

The proposed law has the potential to curtail the freedom of journalists, whistle-blowers and peace activists.

Joe Gordon had been facing two and half years in prison for translating a banned biography, The King Never Sleeps, about the Thai king.

Wikipedia has stopped access to its Russian site for a week in protest over a controversial bill that would see websites added to a state-run blacklist.

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.