Rights

Each year, tens of thousands of seals are culled in Namibia…

Demonstrators declare 2 November an international day of action and tell world leaders to act on Tibet – where nine monks and one nun have set themselves on fire this year in protest at the Chinese occupation.…

A report from the Philippines revealing the latest child abuse figures makes devastating reading, discovers Iris Gonzales.…

A new blogging campaign wants to promote girls’ potential…

Actor Javier Bardem this week called on the UN to end human rights abuses in the former Spanish colony, reports Stefan Simanowitz from New York.…

Two new reports underline what activists have been saying for years: oil companies are complicit in human rights abuses and environmental devastation in the Niger Delta.…

Environmental consultancy Daimi was paid by oil company Perenco to find out if there are uncontacted indigenous groups in the remote Peruvian Amazon…

Troy Davis' execution is yet another example of the US government's flagrant disregard for human rights, argues Jody McIntyre.…

Media coverage of ‘anarchist thugs’ and ‘squatters’ is wide of the mark…

Fed up with near-zero democracy and rampant corruption, thousands have taken to the streets of Swaziland this week to call for change, reports Nick Harvey.…