HUMAN RIGHTS

Human rights lawyer Jesselyn Radack claims London Heathrow Airport staff deliberately intimidated her on Saturday.

Prince is on tour in the Middle East - and he has the perfect chance to tackle horrific rights abuse.

More money spent on Sochi than in Beijing, London or Vancouver.

Circassians, LGBT, Environment and Animal Rights activists oppose Russian president Vladimir Putin's Winter Olympics.

Dominic Raab rebels refuse to back down over threats to defeat government on immigrant criminals.

Xu Zhiyong sentenced to four years in jail for gathering a crowd to disturb public order.

January 22, 2014: The news in brief

Erwiana Sulistyaningsih case sheds light on lack of rights protection for Indonesian workers in Hong Kong.

Countries with the highest percentage of child marriage are in West and Central Africa and in South Asia.

Homophobic crackdown on gays spreads through Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and others.

Following the anti-gay bill approval, gay Nigerians are persecuted, imprisoned and could be denied HIV medical treatments.

Nearly half a million South Sudanese flee conflict in world's newest state.

Hundreds of women are raped by high-ranking officials according to Women's League of Burma

Egypt in danger of repeating old mistakes by classifying Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists, argues Quliiam's Emman El-Badawy.

United Nations report shows 28% increase in cases of brutality against Afghan females.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina meet at Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanovo airport

Human Rights Foundation says Mariah Carey was 'purchased' to perform for Angolan dictator.

Amnesty International urges the intervention of the international community in Central African Republic to stop crimes against humanity.

Children as young as 13 beaten and threatened with rape for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations.

UK human rights group claims 14 children among dead in latest strike by regime on rebels.

Protest against Fifa over Qatar's treatment of workers at World Cup 2022.