Amnesty International today accused the military courts in eastern Libya, controlled by renegade General Khalifa Haftar, of conducting show trials of detainees who were subjected to torture, which led...

Iran the world's 2nd most frequent executioner accounted for 56% of all recorded executions in the Middle East followed by Egypt which has witnessed a 300% rise in the implementation of the death penalty

Human rights groups have accused Oxford University of "celebrating" a military occupation for politicising figures collated on its website tracking coronavirus vaccine delivery, which excludes Palestinians on Israel's vaccine...

MENA region accounts for 88% of executions worldwide in 2020

Amnesty France on Tuesday urged the Macron government to withdraw discriminatory provisions adopted in an amended version of a controversial bill confirming respect for the principles of the Republic...

Amnesty International's MENA advocacy director has called on US President Joe Biden to denounce human rights in Egypt and demand change. "Tens of thousands of people have been swept...

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned Israel for: "Continuing to practice institutionalised discrimination against Palestinians in the occupied territories." In a report, the human rights organisation denounced the security cordon...

Israeli authorities continue to ban Palestinian rights activist and Amnesty International campaigner Laith Abu Zeyad from travel to East Jerusalem or abroad, Rai Al-Youm reported yesterday. The Israeli District Court in...

Amnesty International has welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to open an investigation into serious crimes under international law alleged to have been committed in the Occupied Palestinian...

Over 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since the Gulf state was awarded the 2022 football World Cup ten years ago, the Guardian has revealed. Findings compiled from a range...

Amnesty International has announced that the health of former Hamas representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr Mohammad Al-Khodari, who has been detained there since 4 April 2019,...

Amnesty International has called on Saudi King Salman Bin Abul Aziz Al Saud to take urgent action to save the life of Palestinian detainee Dr Mohammed Al-Khodari. The rights...

A new report by Amnesty International says that health workers, lawyers, journalists and rights activists in several countries including Egypt have failed to get support or funding from British...

Amnesty International yesterday welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s recent declaration that it has jurisdiction over the occupied Palestinian territories. The organisation's Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East...

Amnesty International called upon activists on Wednesday to launch a campaign for the immediate release of journalist Solafa Magdy, who was arrested in Egypt and is facing terrorism charges....

A new investigation by Amnesty has linked law enforcement equipment supplied by France with the excessive use of force deployed by security forces in Lebanon during the anti-government demonstrations, Anadolu...

Amnesty International yesterday launched an online campaign to demand the immediate release of activists and human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily arrested in Egypt. The campaign marks the...

Rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed human rights abuses in Egypt in a new report to mark the ten-year anniversary of Egypt's 2011 uprising. Jails in Egypt are packed with the revolutionaries...

Amnesty International today called on Israel to start providing coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, the vaccination drive...

A military judge at Israel's Ofer Military Court in the occupied West Bank is expected to give tomorrow his verdict against Issa Amro, a prominent Palestinian activist who is...

Amnesty International yesterday called on the Algerian authorities to halt the deportation of "seven Yemeni asylum seekers". "Seven Yemeni asylum seekers face imminent deportation from Algeria, which is considered...

Amnesty International accused Airbnb of acting in bad faith towards investors ahead of its stock market debut on Thursday by failing to inform them of its politically sensitive business...

Egypt executed at least 57 people in October and November, Amnesty International has said, almost double the number of executions carried out in the whole of 2019. Amnesty referred...

Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali, sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges, may face imminent execution, rights groups said on Tuesday. "On 1 December, a judge said Ahmadreza was...

Amnesty International yesterday renewed its call on Egyptian authorities to "immediately" release prominent human rights defenders detained since last week. This came following the announcement of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal...

Amnesty International called on Thursday for the G20 leaders to put pressure on the Saudi Arabian authorities to release "brave activists" who are imprisoned in the Kingdom. "Instead of...

Amnesty International yesterday called on the Tunisian authorities to stop using "outdated" laws to prosecute 40 social media activists, considering it a threat to freedom of expression. The organisation...

Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian government to investigate alleged beatings and racial slurs directed at Sudanese protesters. Last week Sudanese migrants protested against the killing of 12-year-old...

Saudi Arabia is to host its first Formula One grand prix next year with a street race set to take place in Jeddah. According to F1 sources the event...

Qatar announced on Tuesday that it is willing to cooperate fully with Amnesty International to investigate violations against domestic workers revealed in a report issued by the rights watchdog....

Amnesty International on Saturday urged Lebanese authorities to investigate and hold accountable officers involved in the suppression of protesters during October 2019 demonstrations, reports Anadolu Agency. "The authorities have...

Amnesty International has expressed its concerns on Wednesday over what it called "the continuous crackdown on press freedom" in Egypt, due to at least five journalists being arrested since...