
A North Korean human rights body has rejected the latest report by the United Nations human rights investigator, calling it a ‘malicious slander’. The Korea Association for Human Rights Studies, in a statement carried by the Korean state media on Tuesday, strongly denounced the UN human rights watchdog’s scathing report. ...

A Sudan doctors’ committee said three protesters were shot dead and more than 80 people wounded as demonstrations raged against the military’s seizure of power. The exact number of injured is still being calculated, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said Monday on Twitter. Members of the military opened fire ...