International Federation Of Human Rights

Thailand has carried out its first execution since 2009, the government said, putting a 26-year-old convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "deplorable".

The United Nations today said it was "appalled" by record jail sentences -- of 30 and 28 years -- handed to two Thais for royal defamation, as prosecutions soar under the kingdom's junta.

A Thai man was sentenced to more than three years in jail today under the kingdom's controversial royal defamation law, despite having a history of mental illness.

A court in Bahrain has handed down sentences of up to life imprisonment against 57 Shiites accused of plotting attacks against police and other targets, state media reported.

A Pakistani killer was granted a fourth stay of execution today, with campaigners saying his high-profile case will go to the Supreme Court over claims he was a juvenile when the murder was committed and so can not be put to death.

Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing today as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese majeste law.

The United States and other Western members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday slammed North Korea's human rights record after voting to overrule China's objections and add alleged grave abuses by the hermit state to the council's agenda.

Amnesty International said Qatar's response to migrant labour abuses has not been much more than promises of action and draft laws.

It said that it understood and shared Amnesty International's efforts to ensure social justice and respect for human rights, adding that such concerns were "very much anchored" in FIFA's own goals.

Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia's small construction firms have stopped working on projects.

Thailand has carried out its first execution since 2009, the government said, putting a 26-year-old convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "deplorable".

The United Nations today said it was "appalled" by record jail sentences -- of 30 and 28 years -- handed to two Thais for royal defamation, as prosecutions soar under the kingdom's junta.

A Thai man was sentenced to more than three years in jail today under the kingdom's controversial royal defamation law, despite having a history of mental illness.

A court in Bahrain has handed down sentences of up to life imprisonment against 57 Shiites accused of plotting attacks against police and other targets, state media reported.

A Pakistani killer was granted a fourth stay of execution today, with campaigners saying his high-profile case will go to the Supreme Court over claims he was a juvenile when the murder was committed and so can not be put to death.

Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing today as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese majeste law.

The United States and other Western members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday slammed North Korea's human rights record after voting to overrule China's objections and add alleged grave abuses by the hermit state to the council's agenda.

Amnesty International said Qatar's response to migrant labour abuses has not been much more than promises of action and draft laws.

It said that it understood and shared Amnesty International's efforts to ensure social justice and respect for human rights, adding that such concerns were "very much anchored" in FIFA's own goals.

Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia's small construction firms have stopped working on projects.