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Human Rights Watch described the police brutality as a 'threat to human rights'.

FC Copenhagen players say treatment of workers amounts to 'slavery'.

Amnesty International has asked the country to consider alternative punishment for Alireza Tajiki.

The man was executed on drug charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.

John Key was kicked out of parliament, following a question from Greens co-leader James Shaw

The justice system will see a man completely blinded unless he pays his victim 'blood money'.

At least 11 people have been killed in police shootings in Rio since the beginning of April, Amnesty said.

The country's executions coincided with the visit of European officials to the Islamic Republic.

IBTimes UK speaks with Nigerian army and Amnesty on 'unlawful' killings in Kaduna state.

Report identifies mass graves in Mando area near the city of Kaduna in Nigeria.

The letter implores Renzi to escalate questions on capital punishment to Tehran authorities while on a state visit.

The executions follow a report highlighting the high levels of capital punishment in the Islamic Republic.

'If Congolese people go down in the streets, Sassou Nguesso will massacre them', activist claims.

The absence of convictions before the ICC continues a cycle of impunity in Kenya says HRW.

China, Iran and Pakistan governments top list of world's most prolific executors.

1,634 killed in 2015 as China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and US named 'top five executioners'.

First group of refugees and migrants sent back to Turkey as part of a controversial EU plan to limit migration to Europe.

Photos of filthy accommodation for workers, as well as the much-improved facilities in Qatar's new Labour City.

The hacktivist group takes down over 20 government websites.

Migrant workers live in squalid conditions, are unpaid for months and have passports confiscated.

Amnesty claims Myanmar using military-era laws to persecute people but new government can change things.

Migrants arriving in Greece will be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum.

Air strikes kill at least 41 people and injure 75 others in marketplace in Haja .

The four are a part of a group of 47 convicts who were executed in January.

Balkan states say only those carrying proper visa will be allowed to travel through their territories.

Deal breaches international law and puts refugees in danger of being sent back to war zone.

Amnesty International research revealed how North Koreans are being prevented from contacting loved ones abroad.

Ukip leader will make the claims in the European Parliament during a speech on 9 March.

The head of a nine-year-old boy with albinism was found on the street five days after he was abducted.

The law criminalises any act that hurts people's religious sentiments and beliefs.