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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'.

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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

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Denis Mukwege: Sakharov Prize winner and champion of human rights

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Belgian firm accused of lying over bulldozing of homes

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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

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

World

Iran's Larijani slams West's 'bias' on human rights

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Human rights in Tunisia after elections

Syria

Making people disappear - scale of global oppression is uncovered

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: US failing to 'hold soldiers accountable for unlawful killings', claims Amnesty

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'Beaten and bruised' celebrities are faces of new anti-torture campaign

North Korea

North Korea will 'ruthlessly punish' those behind human rights probe

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Legacy of Tiananmen Square 25 years on

North Korea

China slams "inaccurate" UN human rights report on North Korea

Uganda

Uganda: Anti-gay laws 'violate basic human rights'

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Olympics: Sochi ready for drama on and off the piste

North Korea

N Korea: report suggests political prison population is expanding