Chinese 'comfort women' are fighting to have their history of sex slavery remembered
Around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII.
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Around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII.
Amnesty has attacked “the cynical use of ‘us vs. them’ narrative”.
For those of us who care deeply about freedom and human rights, there has never been a more vital moment for activism, writes Colm O’Gorman.
Arthur Hutchinson killed three people and repeatedly raped a woman.
Breivik has a three-cell complex where he can play video games and watch television on two sets.
The UN Security Council approves the Russian-drafted resolution on the Syria ceasefire.
Children in Dhaka can be expected to work long hours for little money to help support their families.
‘It is a mark of true sincerity, therefore, for politicians to take up unpopular causes like that of Leon Wright,’ writes author Frankie Gaffney.
Garry Kasparov was arrested for peaceful protests on several occasions, the court found.
Ireland has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but we are the only EU state that hasn’t ratified it, writes Kathleen O’Meara.
After a long-fought campaign, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he supported the recognition of Traveller ethnicity this week.
It told the UN this week that it doesn’t tolerate such discrimination.
Martin Naughton has died at the age of 62.
Officials in the country have yet to reply to an offer from the Finglas Village Renewal Partnership.
It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in Mexico’s decade-long campaign against drug gangs.
Many people witnessed prisoners dying in custody and some described being held in cells alongside dead bodies.
The survivor who wants to bring the case said that it had taken 23 years to get to this point.
A new report shows that hundreds of students, political activists and protesters have vanished.
After three years and 14 trial delays, it’s time for the government to intervene fully, writes MEP Lynn Boylan.
The Health Minister also revealed that he wishes Ireland would allow for abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormalities.
173 recommendations for improving the Direct Provision system were put forward last year.
The vast majority of those who replied are in favour.
The 22-year-old says she was drugged and raped but she is being held on suspicion of adultery.
The UN’s Human Rights Commission says Ireland must stop this situation happening.
Ibrahim Halawa’s trial is expected to take place at the end of June, nearly three years after he was imprisoned.
We’re likely to receive a hammering on issues including abortion, disabilities, Traveller rights, education and homelessness.
The mother of four previously had an around-the-clock guard but recently switched to an occasional security detail.
Alex Dunne has been in the West Bank for over 40 days now, collecting stories of stories of military incursions, night raids, and settler attacks.
The ruling comes after a Romanian engineer was fired over private Yahoo Messenger chats.
He killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011.
Apparently women drivers could “undermine social values”.
One out of every 122 humans alive today is someone who has been forced to flee their home.
One in five people know someone who has baptised their child just to get them into the local school.
One in five Irish people say they don’t understand their human rights under Irish law.
The girl and her ‘husband’ were seeking asylum.
“It does not protect morals to export the problem to another jurisdiction and then turn a blind eye.”
Abortion is a sensitive subject., but there are many reasons why the laws need to be overhauled, writes Julien Mercille.
An undocumented teenager says she doesn’t want handouts, just the chance to reach her full potential.
The killing happened in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan.
Mary Lawlor recounts the experiences of three frontline defenders and the most common dangers they face defending human rights.