The funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the eminent cleric and champion of reform, turned into a mass protest in Iran yesterday as the vast crowd chanted slogans against the government and clashed on the streets with security.

Brian Neeson's appointment to the Human Rights Review Tribunal is being questioned because he voted against gay rights as an MP.

A cosmopolitan club that refused entry to a turbaned Sikh concedes the club's name stands for inclusion of all races, but says it has a strict no hat rule.

National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is threatening to take a south Auckland club to the Human Rights Commission over its headwear ban.

Eight families who say they need help to look after their disabled children have been left waiting almost a year for a decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

The trial of Pol Pot's most notorious lieutenant ended this week.

Matt Damon talks to about his roles in two upcoming releases - one as a player, and the other as a whistleblower.

Activists say African country still falls short on human rights.

Twenty years after the Convention of the Rights of the Child was introduced, Dita De Boni asks whether we're doing enough to protect our kids.

A mentally ill patient restrained in solitary confinement for almost six years is one of several disturbing cases the Ombudsmen have uncovered.