Coalition government has six months to overturn ban on prisoners voting.  Coalition government has six months to overturn ban on prisoners voting. Sentenced prisoners in the UK must be given the right to vote in six months according to a European Court judgment announced on Tuesday. The ruling in the case of Scoppola v Italy (No 3) makes clear that most sentenced prisoners in the UK have the right to [...]

Syria, Libya, Egypt and Yemen have moved up the international Peoples Under Threat ranking that lists countries where communities are most at risk of mass killing.

The courage shown by protesters in the past 12 months has been matched by a failure of leadership that makes the UN Security Council seem tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose, says Amnesty International's 50th global human rights report.

A new psychological intervention has been shown to more than halve the trauma experienced by child victims of war, rape and sexual abuse.

China's voracious demand for energy has prompted it to embrace Brazil as a major oil partner, fuelling the dramatic expansion of Chinese companies in this South American country. But while some see this as a boost to the Brazilian economy, others fear that it poses a risk to this country's future self-sufficiency.

This past Tuesday, May 22, marked World Biodiversity Day, but it came and went without too much public interest.

A coalition of advocacy groups is targeting corporate support for the right-wing Heartland Institute after the organisation took out a controversial billboard in Chicago comparing people who believe in global warming to a serial killer and mass murderer.

"You don't close down a bank by arresting the tellers." That phrase, from Argentine expert Edgardo Buscaglia, illustrates the challenge of the fight against money coming from illegal activities in Mexico.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has invested heavily in the success of the upcoming U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), is publicly expressing his frustration at the lack of substantial progress on a final plan of action for a greener economy and a sustainable future worldwide.

Four years ago, Farida Hajimova's husband left Tajikistan to work in Russia. After a time, he stopped calling. Ultimately, he never returned. She was left at home in Dushanbe with two daughters and not a lot of options.