human rights

Syria, Iran, Uzbekistan, North Korea and China to get invitations to 2012 games opening ceremony

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has won his appeal against deportation from the UK to Jordan, the European Courts of Human Rights have ruled.

A Bahraini woman has committed suicide in protest against government's crackdown on demonstrators in the country.

An ice rink is treading on thin ice after posting a sign in a window that reads: “no travellers.”

Burma has released 651 high-profile activists under a presidential pardon in a bid to boost reforms needed to end the country's long-standing isolation in the international community.

A court ruling upholding a law that prevents Palestinians married to Arab Israelis from obtaining citizenships or residency, angered rights groups.

Footage reveals human safaris taking place on India's Andaman Islands.

Scotland Yard will investigate allegations over rendition in Libya which will put paid to foreign secretary William Hague'splan to "draw a line under the issue."

Adel al-Gazzar languishes in Egyptian jail despite release without conviction from Guantanamo.

Jarawas are one of the four ancient “Negroid,” tribes and are the believed to be direct descendants of man’s early ancestors.

Gazan man faces firing squad over accusations of collaboration with Israel.

Well-known and award-winning French journalist Gilles Jacquier has been killed in Homs, Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told the International Business Times UK.

A French journalist has been killed in Homs, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told the International Business Times UK.

Though Israel has many qualified female experts on the subjects, they are not allowed to speak at the gathering at the Puah Institute.

Amnesty International says Guantanamo a symbol of torture and hits out at Barack Obama for breaking promise to close it.

Israeli Knesset member Anastassia Michaeli threw water over her Arab colleague, Raleb Majadele, following a row.

Top Arab League officials are due to hold a meeting in Cairo to discuss the situation in Syria amid reports that crackdown on opposition protesters is continuing.

Prince Edward and Princess Sophie received jewellery sets from the Bahraini monarch when they visited Bahrain in December 2011.

In the aftermath of the ongoing nuclear threat from Israel and the confrontation with West over Hormuz Strait oil route blockage dispute, Ahmadinejad regime has plans to clamp down internet connectivity across the country.

Chinese artist and dissident encouraged by authorities' decision to review charges against him

Anonymous hacker collective releases internal document that gives exclusive insight into three 2012 hacking campaigns designed to 'punish' the world's 'wicked'.

Global companies urged to emphasise human rights in face of growing child exploitation figures.

Syrian activists have accused the government of manipulating and deceiving Arab League monitors.

Burma's opposition leader upbeat about democracy thaw as Foreign Secretary William Hague begins historic visit.

Heavy-handed tactics against democracy protesters criticised in poster campaign in Egypt.

Sahar Gul was tortured and locked up in a basement for resisting an attempt to force her into prostitution by her in-laws.

Turkey agrees to pay compensation over botched airstrike but refuses to apologise for it.

At least 10 feared dead after mass protests clash with security forces in Damascus, Homs, Hama and Deraa.

The International Business Times UK story of 2011 revealed how the nude Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy fused the Arab Spring and the rise of the protester to a singular effect.

US State Department 'concerned' by surprise raids on human rights offices.