Human Rights

Supermarkets, restaurants worldwide admit to using slave labour-processed seafood

Forced labourers worked 16 hours in the shrimp peeling factory to supply the market.

Dec 15, 2015

Strategic prosecutions to end modern-day slavery by changing company, government policies: Experts

Strategic litigation was successfully used to help end the British slave trade 250 years ago.

Dec 15, 2015

Mosques in US step up security in the wake of shrill anti-Muslim rhetoric

Muslims fear an anti-Islamic backlash at mosques and community centers.

Dec 14, 2015

Shaker Aamer: Guantanamo prisoner says UK police witnessed his torture

The last British resident to be held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has told media that British security officers witnessed him being tortured by American soldiers at Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

Dec 14, 2015

Hundreds homeless, baby dead as hutments are razed in Delhi

A railway official said the hutments were built illegally on railway land.

Dec 13, 2015

90 killed in worst-ever outbreak of clashes in Burundi's capital Bujumbura

Officials spent Saturday collecting bullet-riddled bodies from city streets.

Dec 13, 2015

10 killed in bomb blast in Pakistan's Tribal Areas region

On Saturday, at least one soldier was killed and four others injured when a bomb exploded at a paramilitary checkpoint in southwest Pakistan.

Dec 13, 2015

Ethiopia: Oromo community protest in London over ethnic cleansing

Dozens of members of the Oromo community have protested outside of parliament against the Ethiopian governments plan to expand Addis Ababa

Dec 10, 2015

President Obama marks 150th anniversary of amendment ending slavery

President Barack Obama joined Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill on 9 December, to mark the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment which ended slavery.

Dec 10, 2015

Iraq: Thousands of civilians trapped in Ramadi may be human shields for Isis

Iraqi forces cut Daesh's last supply line into Ramadi in November since when the city has been besieged.

Dec 9, 2015

Erdogan's son denies any involvement in illegally selling Isis oil

Bilal has shipping and maritime assets and controls several oil tankers through his company.

Dec 8, 2015

Manhunt in Thailand for 4 unaccounted for Syrians amid Isis terror threat

The country is on high alert after a Russian warning of possible attacks by Isis terrorists.

Dec 6, 2015

10 Isis-linked Syrians in Thailand to attack Russian interests, say police

Thai police cited a leaked document with information from the Russian Federal Security Service

Dec 4, 2015

Belgium: Facebook can be used or viewed only by those who are logged in

The social media giant has been accused of violating European Union privacy laws.

Dec 4, 2015

Khan Academy arrives in India with launch of Hindi portal

By the end of 2015 Khan Academy estimates more than 8 million users in India

Dec 3, 2015

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Human Rights

Supermarkets, restaurants worldwide admit to using slave labour-processed seafood

Strategic prosecutions to end modern-day slavery by changing company, government policies: Experts

Mosques in US step up security in the wake of shrill anti-Muslim rhetoric

Shaker Aamer: Guantanamo prisoner says UK police witnessed his torture

Hundreds homeless, baby dead as hutments are razed in Delhi

90 killed in worst-ever outbreak of clashes in Burundi's capital Bujumbura

10 killed in bomb blast in Pakistan's Tribal Areas region

Ethiopia: Oromo community protest in London over ethnic cleansing

President Obama marks 150th anniversary of amendment ending slavery

Iraq: Thousands of civilians trapped in Ramadi may be human shields for Isis

Erdogan's son denies any involvement in illegally selling Isis oil

Manhunt in Thailand for 4 unaccounted for Syrians amid Isis terror threat

10 Isis-linked Syrians in Thailand to attack Russian interests, say police

Belgium: Facebook can be used or viewed only by those who are logged in

Khan Academy arrives in India with launch of Hindi portal

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]