human-rights

“We call upon the Bahraini Government to immediately release Nabeel Rajab in accordance with this latest request.”

Amnesty international stated that the Australian government must urgently evacuate the 107 refugee children and their families trapped in appalling...

political and social media activists continued to be targeted, both by the security forces and by the judiciary in Bahrain.

Many observers believe the US sanctions run contrary to the principles of human rights as they make the life difficult for ordinary citizens and complicate...

The United States of America is the biggest imposer of economic sanctions. According to the US Department of Treasury, the United States currently has...

Human Rights Watch notes in its 2017 report that the government of UAE has continued to ban the representatives of international human rights organizations...

President Trump's unilateral measures have sent shockwaves across the globe and prompted varying responses from different world countries.

While under international humanitarian law civilians must be protected during conflict, Riyadh operations centre says the strike was a 'legitimate military...

From arbitrary detentions and deliberate deprivation, to attacks against civilians and forced displacements, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid...

A report on modern slavery around the world has found that the number of slaves in developed nations, including the United States and United Kingdom, is much...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict drags on with no conclusion on horizon. Israel celebrated its 70th birthday recently as the US moved its embassy to...

Saudi Arabia has been lately under fire for its human rights record. International organisations, experts and influencers have voiced concern over the...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres released his report only gently censuring the coalition for the Yemeni children it had killed.

Only a court order stands between Khan al-Ahmar and the bulldozers. And if it goes, the West Bank will be split in two

“How does it feel when you can't get a job, when you are targeted because of your race and seven times more likely to be stopped and searched than your...

Associated Press published a particularly shocking report on abuse and torture by United Arab Emirates (UAE)–supported forces in a number of Yemeni prisons,...

Donald Trump is deliberately forcing millions of Americans into financial ruin, cruelly depriving them of food and other basic protections while lavishing...

The use of terms such as “radical Islam” or “Islamic terrorism” in media has psychological effects that leads to misunderstanding about Islam and Muslims, as...

The Saudi authorities severely restricted freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Many human rights defenders and critics were detained and some...

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of...