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Riot police will also be allowed to use water cannon and sonic weapons in Kashmir.

Release of LUCHA activists Fred Bauma, Yves Makwambala and others welcomed by Amnesty International.

Devices capable of recording mobile phone calls among those sold.

Manbang will broadcast state-sponsored news and updates on Kim Jong-un's activities.

The rights group fears backlash from right-wing groups following intense protests.

Sedition charges were slapped against unnamed members of the group's India chapter after anti-India slogans were raised at an event organised by it.

Former President was accused of corruption and human rights abuses.

Completion of the new global refugee agreement has now been delayed for another two years.

The groups claim that the government is doing so in order to deter other refugees from making their way to Australia.

Charges of human rights abuses levelled at Turkish government over treatment of detainees.

Amnesty International blasts Erdogan as detention without charge increases to 30 days

Rebels vow to probe 'human rights abuses that were shared on social media sites'.

More than 50,000 officials have been rounded up after failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Most of the victims were detained without trial or served lengthy sentences for opposing the government.

Zhao, along with 20 other lawyers was held on charges of political subversion.

Syrian opposition groups accused of torture, abductions and killings.

Bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client, and their driver found prior to police trial.

Captives were beaten and threatened with death unless they converted – then the sexual abuse would begin.

Migrants in Libya face vicious beatings, electrocution and sexual abuse in detention centres.

Demonstrations took place in Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Prague and Brussels over the weekend (11-12 June) outside regional offices of phone giant Apple.

Unarmed pro-Biafran supporters allegedly killed during 50th commemoration of Biafran civil war.

UN removed the Saudi-led coalition off blacklist despite reports claiming that it violated child rights in Yemen.

On 1 June, it was reported that the kingdom had handed 14 people the death sentence for attacking police officers.

Rights watchdog reports mass evictions, forced labour and curbs on freedom in Rio.

Hold on deliveries applies to CBU-105 cluster bombs manufactured by US company Textron Systems.

More than a dozen detainees are at risk of death from poor conditions, says Amnesty.

Sex workers receive little protection from abuse even in countries like Norway where human rights laws are stringent.

Explosive evidence should prompt investigation and overhaul of British policy towards Yemen.

Almost 30% of UK residents would accept a refugee into their own home.

The people targeted included politicians, journalists and academics.