#human-rights

Prisoners want to be able to use Skype to contact their families

1 hour ago 3,658 18

#VISITATION
Poor social housing conditions fail to uphold tenants' human rights

23 hours ago 14,841 46

#SOCIAL HOUSING
Philippine lawmakers vote to slash annual funding for human rights commission to just €16

Sep 13th 2017, 1:13 PM 14,516 87

#WAR ON DRUGS
UN accuses Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing' as thousands of Rohingyas flee the country

Sep 11th 2017, 11:33 AM 8,928 70

#HUMAN RIGHTS
'The right to do any job they like': New book sets out a declaration for the rights of boys and girls

Sep 9th 2017, 11:45 AM 8,740 73

#GENDER ROLES
UN human rights chief says Trump may be inciting 'violence' against media

Aug 30th 2017, 3:20 PM 10,757 78

#POISONOUS DEMONISATION
'These are mere stories': Egyptian ambassador denies Ibrahim Halawa was tortured in prison

Aug 17th 2017, 8:17 PM 41,523 141

#ANNIVERSARY
Northern Ireland's ban on same-sex marriage does NOT breach human rights

Aug 17th 2017, 4:42 PM 17,027 58

#MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Opinion: 'Sorry, UN. Ireland's abortion laws are progressive, modern and compassionate'

Aug 15th 2017, 6:30 AM 27,624 265

#ABORTION
UN criticises government for failure to prosecute abuse perpetrators in Magdalene Laundries

Aug 11th 2017, 3:31 PM 10,675 45

#HUMAN RIGHTS
Minister tells UN Convention that some prison inmates don't have a flush toilet in their cells

Jul 27th 2017, 3:11 PM 8,826 49

#HUMAN RIGHTS
Irish Human Rights Commission worried new hubs could 'normalise' family homelessness

Jul 12th 2017, 9:26 AM 8,906 47

#HOMELESSNESS
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'

Jul 4th 2017, 6:10 AM 54,577 61

#SOUTH SUDAN
'I was haunted by the blood I caused by circumcising girls'

Jun 24th 2017, 10:00 PM 34,288 58

#FGM
Pro-choice group fears wording of abortion referendum will be too limited

Jun 16th 2017, 9:22 AM 14,284 160

#EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Ireland's abortion laws subjected woman to 'cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment'

Jun 13th 2017, 12:04 PM 14,854 136

#EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Is the UK taking a step back from human rights protections?

Jun 8th 2017, 6:46 AM 9,734 43

#WAR ON TERROR
May says she will change human rights laws to fight terrorism

Jun 7th 2017, 7:04 AM 10,393 65

#TERRORISM
'Men subjected to these gay purges have endured a gruesome ordeal in Chechnya'

May 26th 2017, 8:43 AM 13,234 79

#HUMAN RIGHTS
Taiwan to become first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage

May 24th 2017, 8:47 PM 6,993 21

#LOVE IS LOVE
China releases human rights lawyer after 'show trial'

May 10th 2017, 4:47 PM 5,893 9

#XIE YANG
Kenny says he raised human rights with Saudis but that 'obviously includes women's rights'

May 5th 2017, 6:29 PM 8,309 111

#THAT'S THE ENDA IT
South Korea accused of targeting gay soldiers in wake of online sex video

Apr 21st 2017, 2:26 PM 13,672 26

#HUMAN RIGHTS
Gay men in Chechnya reportedly being sent to prison camps and killed

Apr 11th 2017, 2:08 PM 27,526 96

#HOMOPHOBIA
Column: '"A Right To A Home" should be put to referendum'

Mar 29th 2017, 6:30 AM 9,597 66

#HUMAN RIGHTS
Chinese 'comfort women' are fighting to have their history of sex slavery remembered

Mar 12th 2017, 11:30 AM 17,023 16

#WORLD WAR II
'Hate and fear' by Trump, Duterte and others is bringing the world back to the 1930s, says Amnesty

Feb 22nd 2017, 7:14 AM 16,243 87

#NEW WORLD ORDER
Colm O'Gorman: 'I have resolved to work every day to prove that love can trump hate'

Jan 20th 2017, 7:15 AM 12,832 101

#COLUMN
British triple killer and rapist jailed for whole-life term loses appeal against 'inhuman' sentence

Jan 17th 2017, 7:20 PM 18,652 24

#LIFE MEANS LIFE
Norwegian mass murderer makes Nazi salute as court reviews 'inhumane' prison regime

Jan 10th 2017, 6:12 PM 22,368 67

#ANDERS BEHRING BREIVIK
UN Security Council endorses Syria ceasefire and plans for peace talks

Dec 31st 2016, 6:22 PM 4,673 27

#PEACE
Modern Slavery: How children in Dhaka are trying to escape from 12-hour workdays

Dec 27th 2016, 7:15 AM 12,774 16

#CHILD WORKERS
'If you are in favour of human rights, you must want them for everyone - including prisoners'

Dec 14th 2016, 6:00 PM 11,191 109

#LEON WRIGHT
World chess champ and Kremlin foe wins European court case against Russia

Dec 14th 2016, 8:04 AM 7,571 27

#GARRY KASPAROV
'Those with a disability have the right to choose where to live, to an education and to a sexual relationship'

Dec 9th 2016, 6:30 AM 9,552 30

#UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Move to recognise Traveller ethnicity after long campaign shows 'Ireland's commitment to human rights'

Nov 25th 2016, 8:45 AM 13,990 77

#EQUALITY
Uganda blames British colonialism for its anti-gay sex laws

Nov 5th 2016, 3:00 PM 9,819 16

#HUMAN RIGHTS
President leads tributes following death of 'inspirational' disability rights campaigner

Oct 14th 2016, 9:55 AM 10,390 8

#MARTIN NAUGHTON
Finglas wants to build ties with North Korea

Aug 22nd 2016, 4:58 PM 36,615 99

#TWIN CITIES
Mexican police 'gunned down 22 civilians during drug raid'

Aug 19th 2016, 11:22 AM 13,531 29

#PLANTED WEAPONS