The South African Government has been accused of resorting to censorship reminiscent of the apartheid era.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra makes beautiful music. But one musician, who fled the Soviet Union, has been forced out on flimsy grounds, while others question the APO's management style. Chris Barton reports..

Three American hikers held in Iran for more than a year are pawns in a diplomatic game, say their families.

Continuing discrimination against Asians needs to be addressed and the high rate of Maori imprisonment is bleak, Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres says.

Washington is considering tightening sanctions against the military rulers of Myanmar, formerly Burma.

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'.

The gems come from the Marange fields where miners were massacred by soldiers and villagers have been beaten, raped and forced to work as virtual slaves.

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.