HUMAN RIGHTS

Mumbai's slum hotel is opening for tourists wishing to experience the reality of poverty in India's largest cities.

Fake news has three distinct meanings, and only one of them is legitimate.

More than 10 transgender women arrested by Aceh police and forced through masculine "training" regime.

Eugene Wojciechowski and Pavel Stotsko get married in Denmark but are charged with passport offences on return to Moscow.

Mumbai newspaper accused of trying to exploit gay men and women for article on LGBT rights in India.

Mao-era detention camps used to re-educate non-ethnic Chinese Uighurs, says Human Rights Watch and Radio Free Asia.

The so-called "widow's camp" at Balukhali Rohingya refugee settlement consists of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed.

Myanmar finally allowed the world's media in to Rakhine state to show they are ready to welcome back some of the Rohingya Muslims who fled the country.

Gay couple Ethan and Elad Dvash-Banks sue US after one twin son born via surrogate denied citizenship as he has Israeli DNA.

Punk art collective gained worldwide fame in 2012 when they staged an anti-Putin protest in Moscow's Cathedral.

El Al pilots refuse to deport Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to home countries where they face risk of death.

#Where_is_She? movement on social media puts focus on woman "disappeared" after peaceful protest against Iran's strict dress code.

LGBT campaigners accuse government of assault on gender rights to turn attention away from Egypt's serious financial problems.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Women's marches were held in many US cities, as well as London, Paris, Rome and Berlin, to mark the first anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration.

A coalition of Indian churches has challenged the country's law currently used to penalise homosexuality.

Helen Grace James, from Pennsylvania, received an 'honourable discharge' after a 60-year battle with authorities.

"We eat and drink the food that is thrown away," 11-year-old Ayoub said. "We collect fish, meat, potatoes, onions and flour."

Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov has reportedly turned his attention to suspected drug users and has launched a torture campaign similar to last year's anti-gay purge.

Laura Plummer's family told media that they worried about the Briton jailed in Egypt as she struggles with conditions inside the Cairo jail.

Little Li becomes unwitting social media star - but his story sparks wider debate about child cruelty.

Gang-rape Dalit victim's death after ordeal in conservative state of Haryana sparks demand for crackdown as activists claim rape epidemic in India.

The teenager talks to IBTimes UK about homelessness, sexual assault, and founding a world-renowned charity in high school.

Other monuments that some regard as problematic still remain, including one of Christopher Columbus.

Nepalese woman Gauri Kumari Bayak dies after being banished to mountain hut for menstruating. She was following ancient Hindu tradition Chhaupadi.

Professor Con Slobodchikoff hopes to develop technology that will allow pets and their owners to communicate effectively for the first time in history.

Menstruating girls banned from crossing River Ofin in the Upper Denkyira East district of Ghana by 'powerful river god.'

South Carolina wants to bring back the execution method because it has run out of lethal death row drugs.

They face dangers ranging from losing their footing on steep drops, being struck by falling rocks or succumbing to temperatures as low as minus 9C (15°F)