Former team mates of a South Korean triathlete found dead last month after alleging she had been abused by her coaching staff said on Monday athletes endured a living "hell" and were habitually beaten and verbally abused.

Late South Korea triathlete's team mates detail abuse allegations

The Egyptian police force, in tandem with the National Security Agency has been accused of forced disappearances, torture of children. Human Rights Watch and Belady: An Island for Humanity in report which was released today claim that the legal system ignored the abuse.

Egyptian security forces allegedly torture, detain children in direct violation of law

An emaciated lion in Colombia was transported on Thursday (February 27) to be closer to its 'mother' in a bid to save his life. Jupiter was rescued at a young age from a circus after a life of abuse. Following his rescue, Jupiter was dubbed the 'kissing lion' after video of him hugging his carer Ana Julia Torres went viral in 2011.

Malnourished lion returns to woman who rescued him from circus abuse

Lenin Moreno, the President of Ecuador recently apologised for his earlier comments about victims of sexual assault. He had said that women complain about harassment only when the perpetrators are ''ugly''.

Ecuador president suggests women report abuse only from 'ugly' men; apologises after backlash

Chinese authorities today denied the allegations of prisoners being forced into physical labour. According to a British newspaper, a schoolgirl in London received a message in a Christmas card.

'Made up': China denies allegations of forced labour at Shanghai prison

Chile's national police committed "serious human rights violations" as weeks of violent demonstrations across the South American country claimed 25 lives, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in a report calling for reform of the force.

'Serious' human rights violations occurred during Chile protests: Human Rights Watch

Google on Wednesday updated how it handles political ads as online platforms remain under pressure to avoid being used to spread misleading information intended to influence voters.

Google to make stricter regulatory policy for political ads to curb abuse

Police in Nigeria said they rescued 15 people chained up in a church in Lagos during the latest raid in a nationwide crackdown on religious institutions accused of abuse.

Nigerian police rescue 15 people chained up in Lagos church

A UN committee has ordered Nepal to compensate a man blocked from seeking justice after suffering years of forced labour, as well as alleged torture in custody as a child.

UN committee faults Nepal in child labour, abuse case

The EU on Monday warned Nicaragua it was ready to impose sanctions over the crisis-hit country's crackdown on media and civil society groups, saying fundamental rights were being abused.

European Union warns Nicaragua of sanctions over rights abuses

The program is called the Non-Consensual Intimate Image Pilot, and as described by Facebook, which is an 'emergency option' for people who are worried their images might be shared in the future.

Facebook is now asking users to send their intimate pictures to combat revenge porn

An interim board including athlete representatives would be appointed with a permanent board elected within 12 months

Entire USA Gymnastics directors board to quit over abuse scandal

A Beijing kindergarten teacher used sewing needles to punish children for not sleeping, police said, but other abuse claims have been rejected by an investigation into a scandal that sparked national outrage

Chinese teacher used needles to 'discipline' children: Police

Some people have even gone to the extent of self-harming and self-immolation in an effort to get to Australia: Immigration minister

Australia accuses refugees of falsely reporting sexual abuse

Indians are among millions of poor Asians working in the Gulf states, where human rights groups say many suffer exploitation and abuse

Thousands of jobless Asians including Indians stranded in Saudi

CCTV footage showed guards at a juvenile detention centre tear-gassing aboriginal inmates and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair

Australia prison abuse could violate torture conventions: UN

UK has seen a 57 per cent rise in racist abuse since it decided to exit the EU and Clark, a Canadian, suddenly finds herself as 'the other'

If this is the real Britain, then I don't love you

Journalists in India more likely to face abuse than those in Afghanistan: Reporters Without Borders

2015 worst year for press freedom in South Asia

Many have to travel real far to collect water, thus exposing them to the risk of being sexually abused. And there is the added threat of a water-borne disease and other ailments.

The risks more than 17 million African women and girls have to take to fetch water

A third of all children in the country have experienced some form of sexual abuse in their lifetime

In South Africa, boys more likely to be sexually abused than girls: researchers

Wildlife authorities found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand's infamous Tiger Temple on Wednesday as they removed live animals in response to international pressure over suspected trafficking and abuse

Dead tiger cubs found in Thai temple amid trafficking fears

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