HUMAN RIGHTS

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov accused of arresting and torturing gay men in Russian republic says he is "ready to resign" as Vladimir Putin plans running for fourth term.

Following years of men taking up space on public transport, women have got 'womanspreading'- the perfect pose that reclaims their space.

Defector Lee Wi-ryeok revealed the various human rights abuses that he experienced growing up in a North Korean orphanage.

Practice is still common in several Asian countries, despite criticism that it is "cruel" and "unscientific."

Ratko Mladić, the Serb commander who presided over the murder of more than 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia, will die in jail.

The 100 most powerful images of the Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis

Rohingya Muslims live in segregated conditions in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are regarded as stateless people and unwelcome migrants from Bangladesh.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson blamed Myanmar's security forces and "local vigilantes" for what he called "intolerable suffering" by the Rohingya.

Rohingya live in segregated conditions in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are regarded as stateless people and unwelcome migrants from Bangladesh.

Police urged asylum seekers to leave as their stay in the closed down centre, in an area used by the Papua New Guinea navy, was illegal.

Rwanda's foreign minister said the government was considering taking in as many as 30,000 people stuck in Libya who left their countries in order to find passage to Europe.

Mladić, "know as the Butcher of Bosnia" was found guilty of 10 out of 11 counts of crimes against humanity and genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

International aid groups describe the situation in Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis as millions are at risk of famine.

Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić was found guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of Europe's biggest genocide since the Second World War. But villagers in Bozanovici claim he is misunderstood.

The UN tribunal on war crimes in former Yugoslavia has convicted General Ratko Mladic of crimes against humanity and genocide during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and others have shared an image of a post partly describing the circumstances leading child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown to be jailed in 2004.

The lawsuit says that Cecil Koger had his dreadlocks cut forcibly by the Ohio Department of Rehabilition and Corrections on five occasions.

After Josh Rivers was fired from Gay Times for a series of racist and problematic tweets it re-sparked the debate- does the LGBTQ+ scene have a race problem?

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer has returned to Bangladesh to document the hardships faced by the refugees, 60% of whom are children.

Sierra Leone mudslide survivors evicted from government emergency camps in Freetown without prospect of resettlement.

The problem of hiring bias may fester on with many organisations still not taking active steps to tackle it, new research finds.

Activists fear that an anti-LGBT law could be passed as homophobia starts gaining traction in the country.

The issue of abortion is divisive in Italy, where the practice is legal, but doctors can refuse to perform it on religious grounds.

Libya is one of the main transit routes for migrants trying to reach Europe, but thousands remain trapped in the violence-ridden country amid fears they are being tortured and sold off as slaves.

Campaigners fear that Scottish Sikh Jagtar Singh Johal will 'face further torture' after he was returned to police custody in India.

Terms "passengers", "riders" and "everyone" to deployed instead in a move to make announcements more understandable.

Movie screenings, exhibitions and more by gay, lesbian, trans and intersex groups prohibited in Ankara.

Wang Yi's visit follows talks with Bangladesh over the refugee disaster that has displaced 600,000 Muslims.