China

Merkel raises human rights on China trip

Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the issue of human rights publicly in China on Tuesday, invoking the fall of the Berlin Wall and telling students their country needed "free dialogue".

UAE

Tongues wagging over 'torture' sheikh's Bavarian second home

The picturesque Bavarian town of Dietramzell gained unwanted attention this month as the second home of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan – recently exposed on tape viciously torturing a man. The Local spoke with Mayor Leni Gröbmaier.

Palestine

German student missing after secret police arrest in Cairo

A German-Egyptian blogger and student engaged in pro-Palestinian political activity is missing after being arrested by Egyptian police in Cairo, a spokesperson from the Foreign Ministry confirmed late on Monday.

Crime

German human rights activist thrown out of Colombia

A German human rights activist has provoked the ire of Colombia’s president Alvaro Uribe, who has accused her of instigating violence and called for her to be jailed.

China

Chinese embassy in Berlin hit by protests

One day before the start of the Olympics in Beijing, over a hundred protestors gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin on Thursday to demonstrate for human rights.