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Cuba

US says mistrust must be overcome to restore Cuba ties

The United States and Cuba have ended their historic first round of high-level talks aimed at restoring diplomatic relations. Over two days, a range

Bahrain

Bahrain sentences prominent rights activist to six months in jail

Demonstrations have continued in Bahrain ending in further clashes with police. Tuesday’s violence was triggered by the sentencing of one of the

Egypt

Retrial of Al Jazeera journalists must lead to freedom, says Amnesty

Egypt’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has ordered a retrial of three jailed Al Jazeera journalists citing flaws in last year’s trial

USA

North Korea human rights 'a living nightmare'

The United Nations Security Council has over-ruled objections from China and Russia and held a session about North Korea’s human rights record

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Turkey

Turkish court postpones 'attempted coup' trial of 35 football fans

Members of the Carsi supporter group gathered outside an Istanbul court in a show of solidarity on Tuesday ahead of the start of a trial of 35

Europe News

Press freedom in Hungary "at risk" says Council of Europe

Media freedoms are at risk in Hungary. Thats the message coming from the Council of Europe after the publication of a new report raising significant

Russia

[WATCH] Human rights activists pelted with eggs over Chechnya claims

India

Nobel prizewinners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi: united for children's rights

By both being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, they became united by the in the same struggle for children’s rights: Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan

Europe News

Mexico says evidence points to missing students being 'burned up'

Mexico says DNA tests indicate forty-three trainee teachers abducted by corrupt police 10 weeks ago were likely incinerated at a garbage dump by a

USA

Chimps not human, court decides

An appeal court in New York has rejected a bid to have human rights extended to a chimpanzee. The case was brought by an animal rights advocate on

France

Somali pirates in line for compensation after rights violated.

Nine Somali pirates are to receive compensation of up to 9000 euros after the European court of Human Rights in Strasbourg decided they had been

Russia

Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of 'worst crackdown since Soviet era'

The international organisation says a 'dramatic deterioration in the past decade has made Russia's human rights landscape virtually unrecognisable'.

World News

EU's top court rules against 'gay tests' for asylum seekers

The European Union’s Court of Justice has ruled that refugees claiming asylum on the ground of homosexuality should not have to undergo tests and

Europe News

Denis Mukwege: Sakharov Prize winner and champion of human rights

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Belgian firm accused of lying over bulldozing of homes

World News

Trafficking in children on the rise, says United Nations

Chile

Pinochet colonels jailed for torturing father of President Bachelet

North Korea

North Korea's nuclear reaction to UN crimes against humanity resolution

Republic of the Congo

Rights group reports police 'abuses' in DR Congo

My Europe Series

Europe's sex slave shame: is enough being done to fight human trafficking?