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Denmark

Swedish artist Lars Vilks receives free speech award

Swedish artist Lars Vilks has reappeared in public for the first time since narrowly avoiding death in the Copenhagen killings last month. He was

15/03/2015

Ukraine

People of Mariupol make chain of hope and call for peace

Protesters formed a human chain around the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday to demonstrate against what they called

14/03/2015

Cinema

Geneva human rights film festival a success, says director

The International Film and Forum For Human Rights has come to a close in Geneva. This year’s edition featured more than 40 movies including 8

10/03/2015

Turkey

Jailing sex offenders is not sufficient, says Turkish law professor

As campaigners mark International Women’s Day, euronews has been discussing violence against women and punishments for perpetrators with Ahmet Caner

08/03/2015

USA

"Our march is not yet finished," President Obama commemorates Selma 50 years on

On the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches, President Obama said America's racial history still casts a long shadow.

08/03/2015

USA

US police kill unarmed black teen

Police in the American state of Wisconsin shot dead an apparently unarmed African American teenager on Friday, leading to protests at the site of the

07/03/2015

Syria

Syria: Civilians pay heavy price amid fierce fighting for Aleppo

The battle for Aleppo is raging and civilians are paying the price. Reports say at least 22 have been killed in a government barrel bomb attack as

05/03/2015

France

France rapped by Europe human rights body on child smacking

France has been criticised by Europe’s leading human rights body for failing to impose a clear ban on slapping children. The Council of Europe in

04/03/2015

France

Council of Europe 'set to rebuke France' for failing to ban smacking

Europe's leading human rights watchdog is set to criticise France for its failure to explicitly ban smacking, according to press reports.

03/03/2015

Syria

Prayers in Syria as fears grow for 200 Christians held captive by ISIL

As fears grow for an estimated 200 Assyrian Christians still in the hands of ISIL after mass abductions in northeast Syria last week, worshippers

02/03/2015

World News

A quite unique Festival

27/02/2015

China

Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for abusing Indonesian maid

A Hong Kong mother of two who abused her maids has been jailed for six years in a case which highlighted the widespread abuse of migrant workers

27/02/2015

Iraq

Human Rights Watch warns Kurds using success against IS to extend territory

Kurdish Peshmurga fighters may be restoring peace in northern Iraq, but not everyone in the villages they are are liberating from Islamic militants

26/02/2015

World News

Amnesty report blasts UN, governments for not doing protective duty

“2014 was a catastrophic year for millions caught up in violence,” according to Amnesty International in its annual report on human rights. It

25/02/2015

United Kingdom

Amnesty calls on permanent members of UN Security Council to lose their veto

It is one of the worst refugee crisis in the world with the numbers topping 50 million for the first time since World War Two caused by a year of

25/02/2015

USA

Malcolm X remembered

A day before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, the activist’s daughter joined actors and politicians in publically

22/02/2015

Europe News

EU extends Mediterranean rescue mission until 2015

Faced with an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, the EU has extended its rescue mission off the Italian coast until the end of 2015

19/02/2015

France

Warning over rise in discrimination and hate speech in France

A new report from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights paints a grim picture about discrimination in France

19/02/2015

Poland

Poland to comply with EU court ruling over CIA secret prison

Poland has agreed to pay some 230,000 euros in compensation to two men held in a CIA jail on its soil. It comes after the European Court of Human

18/02/2015

Sudan

Exclusive: Sudan president challenges reports of mass rape by soldiers

The rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that more than 200 women and girls were raped by members of the Sudanese army in a 36-hour assault on

13/02/2015