Retired couple Teddie and Vesta always imagined they would live out their golden years with dignity. He is 85, and served one company for 46 years as a cleaner, eventually rising to become a receptionist. Vesta says that...
Read MoreAfter nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says. Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf said the army had decided to oversee a two-year transitional...
Read MoreTen women’s rights activists have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia in a case that has raised questions about the kingdom’s human rights record. Those who appeared included Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent figure in the...
Read More“UNAIDS is greatly concerned about the lack of progress for people who inject drugs, which is due to the failure of many countries to implement evidence-informed, human rights-based approaches to drug use,” said Michel Sidibé,...
Read MoreBy Independent UK Twenty-nine countries are said to retaliate against citizens that help the United Nations with its human rights work in those countries, according to a new UN report. In previous reports, an average of 15...
Read MoreHundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Saturday to mark 50 days of protests against the unpopular government of President Nicolas Maduro, with unrest gaining momentum despite a rising death toll and chaotic...
Read MoreThe Colombian government and the Farc rebels have signed a historic ceasefire deal, bringing them closer to ending more than five decades of conflict. The announcement was made in Cuba by Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel...
Read MoreEl Plan Cóndor fue algo único. Un pacto entre seis dictaduras latinoamericanas para intercambiar información y sobre todo colaborar en secuestros y asesinatos de disidentes políticos que luchaban para derrocarlas. Es una de las...
Read MoreA second refugee has set herself on fire on the island of Nauru just days after the first died in hospital of his injuries from a similar incident.The 21-year-old Somali woman, known as Hadon, is being treated for severe burns...
Read MoreAt least 30 people have died in clashes in the Turkish city of Cizre since a military operation began there last week, Turkey’s interior ministry says. The ministry says most of the dead were Kurdish militants but the...
Read MoreThe Malta-based, Migrant Offshore Aid Station, said it co-ordinated the operation along with Italian, Irish and German ships. Italy’s coastguard could not confirm the numbers, but said it was trying to help around a dozen...
Read MoreAruna Shanbaug lay in a near vegetative state for 42 years in a cubicle in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, where she had worked as a nurse and where she was sexually assaulted in 1973. Columnist Bachi...
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