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# Human Rights

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Disturbing video shows young woman being stoned to death
3 Nov 2015
50.1k
206
'They put a knife to my throat and told me I shouldn't be speaking on TV about gay men'
Mary Lawlor
1 Nov 2015
237
17
'I've lived in a house with mould, damp and sewage, until I said, no more'
Debbie Mulhall
31 Oct 2015
1.1k
66
'I don’t feel safe in my home after it was burgled and fear constantly hangs over me'
Pat Kelly
30 Oct 2015
127
27
A 'startling' €1.5 billion held in Irish banks can't be touched - because of this man
4 Oct 2015
21.8k
62
Mexico's government says corrupt cops kidnapped 43 students and burned them - investigators disagree
7 Sep 2015
17.4k
3
'Africa's North Korea' — the worst regime you've never heard of
23 Aug 2015
34.5k
73
Leaked emails show Irish Defence Forces held talks with controversial hacking company
9 Jul 2015
31.0k
31
A lot of you don't know abortion carries a 14-year jail sentence
8 Jul 2015
48.0k
229
People have lost years of their lives in Direct Provision - here is how it could end
5 Jul 2015
12.0k
56
'I was aware that I could have easily died at sea. But I had to leave, I had no choice'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
20 Jun 2015
100
49
Those involved in the Troubles should not be part of investigating unresolved deaths
Brian Gormally
12 Jun 2015
119
25
UN asks Ireland why government has not organised a referendum on abortion
9 Jun 2015
14.4k
121
International eyes are going to be on Irish abortion laws today
9 Jun 2015
14.0k
128
Have the human rights of symphysiotomy survivors been abused?
7 Jun 2015
5.6k
2
Why did bribery and not human rights abuses get us talking about Fifa?
6 Jun 2015
9.8k
25
Ireland's attitude to housing rights, social security and culture is under scrutiny
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
5 Jun 2015
679
50
The UN is reviewing Ireland's protection of rights – how will we fare?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
3 Jun 2015
115
25
Where in the world is it hardest to be gay? (And what can Ireland do to help?)
1 Jun 2015
65.7k
115
"The Rohingya people are seen as a group to be eliminated"
Mary Lawlor
29 May 2015
302
50
Guantánamo lawyers banned from bringing detainees fast food and treats
27 May 2015
12.8k
41
"In that moment, looking 'gay' no longer felt like a negative thing. It no longer felt dangerous."
Christine Allen
26 May 2015
139
79
Open letter to Ban Ki-Moon: 'Ireland’s commitments to human rights are being weakened '
Michael O’Flaherty
22 May 2015
117
47
WATCH: Ugandan singer faces 10 years in jail - for a music video
21 May 2015
30.2k
34
ECHR rules detention of Irish citizens for terror offences not unlawful
12 May 2015
17.0k
26
The United Nations is shining a spotlight on this guy's human rights record
11 May 2015
11.3k
16
Three Indian police officers arrested for raping a model inside a police station
24 Apr 2015
25.9k
33
Today's top stories in 6 seconds
24 Mar 2015
8.0k
Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex will be challenged by a sex worker
22 Mar 2015
30.3k
60
The Irish fight for human rights in Colombia
Michael McCaughan
22 Mar 2015
107
9
We are 'sick of being lectured' by the UN on asylum seekers: Australian PM
9 Mar 2015
16.8k
94
Ireland's abortion laws 'fail on a human rights level'
25 Feb 2015
10.6k
55
Free GP care to young children sounds like a great idea... but is it really?
Yvonne O'Sullivan
15 Feb 2015
321
45
Many symphysiotomy survivors still don't know what happened to them
18 Jan 2015
9.9k
4
17 women remain imprisoned in El Salvador for miscarrying their babies
16 Jan 2015
31.8k
83
Amal Clooney threatened with arrest in Egypt
3 Jan 2015
20.9k
26
Haughey warned about possible international law breach with 'illegitimate' children and divorce
28 Dec 2014
13.9k
30
Column: We continue to put children in adult prisons. It is utterly unacceptable.
Deirdre Malone
19 Dec 2014
362
22
Opinion: In Ireland a pregnancy must continue even if a woman is raped, suicidal or clinically dead
Peter Ferguson
18 Dec 2014
518
168
UN official calls for Bush and Cheney to be charged with torture
12 Dec 2014
8.2k
72
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