Egypt’s al-Sisi should immediately commute the death sentences for 12 protestors, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders who had been convicted in a grossly unfair mass trial for participation in the 2013 Rab’a sit-in that ended with security [ More … ]
Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinians. Human Rights Watch has released its’ latest human rights report regarding the Israeli Policies saying; Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Syria-Russia alliance of committing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in rebel-held Idlib province and called for sanctions against top military officials. In a [ More … ]
Law will also prevent exempted military leaders from running against Sisi for office An Egyptian parliament bill granting legal immunity to army leaders is “unconstitutional” and violates “all international standards”, Human Rights Watch has said. [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has urged Libya’s warring factions to investigate civilian deaths in Derna and hold those responsible to account, after unidentified aircraft attacked the eastern city. Human Rights Watch has called for warring factions [ More … ]
UAE transferred Yemen terror suspects to secret Eritrean prison, says Human Rights Watch Two investigations uncovered cases of ‘torture and forced disappearances’ by UAE forces in Yemen, a leading human rights group has said. Former [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel and Egypt of systematically preventing rights workers from investigating abuses in the Gaza Strip. On Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report excoriating the governments of Israel and [ More … ]
Local media reports in Libya stated that the head of the council of elders in the oil terminal district of Sidra was seized while traveling from Ajdabiya to his home in Ras Lanuf. It is [ More … ]
A UN investigative panel is pressing the Assad regime to hand over the names of commanders, military units and other entities suspected of carrying out chemical attacks in Syria, according to a report released Friday, [ More … ]
An Egyptian court called n the Interior Ministry to legally pursue the New York-based Human Rights Watch organization for not having state clearance to operate in Egypt. The international rights origination doesn’t have an office [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Assad regime forces used chemical weapons in rebel-held areas of Syria’s Aleppo during the final weeks of the battle to retake the key city, while both the regime and [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch does important work to bring to light human rights abuses around the world. A spotlight on governments that oppress their people is necessary to guarantee the fundamental rights of every individual on [ More … ]
Assad regime’s forces and their Russian allies have extensively used widely banned cluster munitions in their attacks on opposition-held areas in Syria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. The New York-based watchdog added that [ More … ]
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has frozen more than $ 200 million in contracts for Syrian humanitarian aid, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The situation likely means that starving and sick people [ More … ]
Jordan on Saturday rejected any attempts to question its credentials when it comes to its response to Syrian refugees and called upon the international community to shoulder its fair share of the responsibility towards the [ More … ]
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