Human Rights Watch issued a report earlier this month saying that migrants in South Africa suffer from discrimination and poor access to health care. Rebecca Shaeffer of Human Rights Watch says: "Migrants to South Africa are abused in...

47-year-old Tang Fuzhen tried to stop the government from demolishing her home. She was forced to set herself alight. See refer to BBC article More people are forcefully evicted . Such forced eviction is the removal of people against...

You could be forgiven for missing news today on a report from Parliament’s prestigious Joint Committee on Human Rights on the impact of British business on human rights overseas. It is covered in the Financial Times , and there was a...

Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights (MPs and Lords) has published a report today (Wednesday 16 December) which looks at how human rights can be improved at the workplace, home and abroad. The Committee criticises the...

There was an excellent expose in The Times newspaper today. An investigation by the paper rubbished claims by the Sri Lankan government that a video of a Tamil Tiger fighter being executed during the recent conflict was fabricated. The...