A former Israeli soldier has been condemned for mocking Palestinian prisoners on her Facebook page.

The Taleban have stoned a young couple to death in Afghanistan for 'infidelity'.

Not very nice supermodel Naomi Campbell did human rights a service by drawing attention to Charles Taylor's trial, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

An 18-year-old Iranian is facing imminent execution on charges of homosexuality.

A senior volunteer for Wikileaks in the US was detained as the FBI steps up its investigation into the leak of thousands of Afghanistan war secrets.

A Bay of Plenty sexual abuse victim is hiding in her home after ACC sent her patient file to a local dairy.

NZ sailor Kerry Hamill, tortured and killed in a Cambodian jail, can never be laid to rest but his brother Rob was yesterday able to see the man responsible for his death jailed.

Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, who participated in the torture and killing of Kiwi Rob Hamill's brother, Kerry, is sentenced to 35 years jail.

Extreme social and economic disadvantage faced by Maori has been highlighted as an ongoing concern by a visiting UN expert.

Today, a court in Cambodia will deliver its verdict on the man who ran Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng jail.

British-born rapper M.I.A. is the most provocative pop artist of her generation. She talks to Miranda Sawyer about being banned by YouTube and why passion and pop are inseparable.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has thumbed his nose at prosecutors and made his first visit to a member state of the ICC.