Human rights activists accuse the Russian authorities of trying to gag the country’s main non-government election watchdog days before polls.

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Kremlin ‘gagging’ poll monitors

Gay rights activists staged a protest outside a pub in London last night after two men were asked to leave it because they were kissing.

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VIDEO: Same-sex ‘kiss-in’ protest at London pub

Human rights activists and art aficionados aren’t the only groups angry at the arrest of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. American blackjack players are also upset. In addition to being a renowned artist and pro-democracy activist, Ai was also a rated…

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Arrest of Chinese Artist Angers Gamblers

Security forces in Bahrain have arrested and beaten one of the country’s leading human rights activists, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, his daughter says.

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Leading Bahrain activist arrested

At least 24 people have died in anti-government protests in Libya over recent days, rights activists say.

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Libyan protests ‘leave 24 dead’

Officials say hundreds of rights activists, foreign officials and businesspeople have been warned of potential threats to their safety.

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U.S. Cautions People Named in Cable Leaks

A life sentence handed down to a rural pediatrician in the world’s largest democracy had human rights activists screaming a mockery of justice Saturday.

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Rights group hits doctor’s life sentence

Child rights activists in Sri Lanka criticise a plan to ordain 2,600 boys as Buddhist monks, saying they are too young and could be abused.

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Fears for Sri Lanka temple boys

Human rights activists accuse Kenya of secretly sending four terrorism suspects to Uganda after the World Cup bomb blasts in Kampala.

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Kenya in ‘illegal extraditions’