The appalling conditions in which many low-income families in Ireland live breaches their human rights, according to a number of organisations which have forwarded evidence to European Committee of Social Rights in Strasbourg.

Campaigners from around the world are urging Russia to back the UN Security Council and help bring an end to the crisis in Syria, coinciding with what they are calling the one-year anniversary of violence in the country.

Human rights organisations have issued an urgent appeal for support for a women's rights activist jailed in Tehran's Evin Prison.

A major protest demanding United Nations action against the oppressive military regime in Burma will be held in Dublin today, coinciding with similar demonstrations throughout the globe.

A major protest demanding United Nations (UN) action against the oppressive military regime in Burma will be held in central Dublin tomorrow, coinciding with similar demonstrations throughout the globe.

UNOFFICIAL political activity in Iraq is grounds for execution, and lopping off tongues is still in practice, according to a damning report released yesterday on rights abuses under the rule of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.