One of the most persistent and beneficial aspects of our relationship with the EU has been the opportunity membership offers citizens who believe they have been denied their rights by our Government or by our courts to seek redress, or at least a hearing.

People living in 20 of the most run-down housing complexes in the country have taken a landmark fight for basic living conditions to Europe.

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.

Police have used tear gas and water cannon to push back crowds of protesters who defied a warning by Turkey’s prime minister and gathered in Istanbul and Ankara on the anniversary of last year’s nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

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.

An air corps aircraft has left Tripoli airport tonight, carrying Irish citizens who have been trying to flee the violence in Libya.

The United States says it is considering a "full range of tools", including sanctions, against Libya, to stop a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters there.

At least 640 people have been killed in Libya in protests against the regime of Colonel Gadaffi since they started last week.

Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at crowds gathered in Kenya today for a protest rally.

The death toll from more than five days of violence in Kenya rose above 300 today as the government denied the country was in crisis.

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.

Saddam Hussein’s death sentence was celebrated by some as justice deserved or even divine, but denounced by others as a political ploy before critical US mid-term congressional elections.