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Hacktivists warn they will take down sites and call for race boycott over Bill 78 which limits human rights in Quebec.

Saga of attempts to deport al-Qaida bombing suspect to Jordan drags on after Home Office asks for more time to assemble evidence.

Bahraini prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been released on bail while opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja ends his 110-day long hunger strike

Ethiopian government's Liyu police paramilitary force summarily executed 10 men in tit-for-tat rampage.

Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the Houla massacre and calls for intense international pressure on the Syrian regime to end violence.

Syrian forces use helicopter gunships and deadly fire against unarmed civilians.

United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urges Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe.

Saudi Arabia could compete without female athletes after International Olympic Committee refuses to sanction actions forcing them to do so.

Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange has donned a Guy Fawkes' Anonymous mask in what he claims to be his "last public appearance" at event in London.

Naveen Patnaik cancels lecture in the face of planned protests by human rights organisations.

Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of human rights activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, sentenced to one month in prison in Manama

Human Rights activists seek to prevent Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa from attending London 2012 Olympics.

The article in Malay language tabloid Metro Ahad claimed incest was common among nomadic Penan communities in Ulu Baram area.

Injuring or even killing animal poachers in India's state of Maharashtra will no longer be a crime.

People including common street vendors were brutally beaten and cruelly treated.

Israel's foreign ministry spokesman said South Africa's decision to ban imported goods marked as 'made in Israel' when they come from the West Bank settlements had "characteristics of racism".

Israeli human rights group releases video showing Israeli soldiers failing to intervene as Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinians in West Bank.

Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran.

Kings and queens from across globe gather at Windsor for luncheon to celebrate Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

As the King of Bahrain arrives in the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee, protesters in Bahrain continue to take to the streets in protest of the lack of political reforms and human rights abuses.

Rights groups have condemned the detention of a Shia activist Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed in Saudi Arabia for his support of religious freedom

The head of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun announced he is resigning from his position amid growing divisions within the umbrella opposition group.

Queen's invitations to controversial foreign monarchs has been criticised after two of the dinner expected guests were dubbed 'royal tyrants', by activist Peter Tatchell.

Rights activists and Bahraini opposition members angered at invitation to the King of Bahrain to join other royals at a Jubilee lunch with the Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.

Sailf al-Islam Gaddafi, who is currently awaiting trial in Libya, refuses to appoint Libyan lawyer to defend him, top Libyan diplomat says.

Fitzcarrald, owned by PetroPeru, will cut Nahua-Nanti Reserve in half, and put uncontacted tribes' lives in danger, according to Survival International.

A politician in Zimbabwe has called on traditional chiefs to expel 'people who support homosexuality' from their communities.

Violence continues in Syria, prompting a UN monitoring group to find shelter with a group of rebels while attacks on civilians and doctors are on-going.

'Butcher of Bosnia' allegedly orchestrated worst mass massacre since Second World War.

German car salesman was dumped on Albanian mountain road after 149 days in custody due to mistaken identity