WARNING: The photos of Hewes in this story, although blurred, may be considered disturbing and graphic. Discretion is advised. WASHINGTON (SBG) — A priest with the Church of England sewed his lips ...

TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) -A dozen undocumented migrants on Mexico's southern border sewed their mouths shut on Tuesday in a bid to convince the country's immigration authority to grant them passage ...

Migrants attempting to cross through Mexico and into the United States are amping up their protests against Mexican authorities who refuse to let them through. A dozen such migrants sewed their lips ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, rights groups said on Wednesday, with some sewing ...

Soheila Mohammadi, an Iranian Kurdish political prisoner held at Urmia central prison in northwestern Iran, has gone on hunger strike and sewn her lips shut, a human rights watchdog said. The ...

More than 1,000 prisoners in Kyrgyzstan have sewn their lips together, a grotesque act inmates describe as a protest of their dismal conditions, but which authorities blame on organized criminal gangs ...

"This is distressing for me and most of the Australian people," he said. Mr Bowen confirmed that 160 people were engaged in a peaceful protest and 10 of whom have sewn shut their lips. He said they ...