#repression

Syria on Thursday released 552 people who were detained over their involvement in political unrest and who have "no ...

China said Thursday police killed seven "terrorists" who took hostages in the nation`s restive Xinjiang region during ...

A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ...

The human rights situation remains "critical" in Afghanistan despite the Taliban`s ouster 10 years ago, Human Rights ...

The number of people killed in Syria following a crackdown on protesters since March has reached at least 4,000, the ...

President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla who was jailed and tortured during Brazil`s military ...

British Foreign Minister William Hague called Monday for "ever-increasing" international pressure, rather than ...

The European Union urged Libya`s interim rulers on Thursday to push for a broad-based reconciliation in the country ...

The United States wants "stronger" United Nations action on Syria and will push the Security Council for a resolution ...

Syria requested the 11th-hour postponement of a planned visit by the Arab League chief to press for an end to its ...

United States president Barack Obama and Italy`s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi have condemned the violent crackdown ...

Washington said Wednesday it was setting sanctions on Syria`s Political Security Directorate for human rights abuses, ...

Spain said Thursday it is booting out Libya`s ambassador over the Kadhafi regime`s repression of civilians and ...

The trial in absentia of ousted Tunisian strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, in exile in Saudi Arabia, will start on ...

Syrian security forces shot dead at least 34 people Friday, including a child, as pro-democracy protests swept the ...