The Moroccan parliament yesterday criticised Amnesty International and called on the rights group to apologise and provide evidence of allegations officials spied on journalists in the country using Israeli...

Amnesty International on Saturday accused Morocco of launching a “smear campaign and the false claims” against it in an effort to “discredit solid human rights research”, it said in...

Amnesty International called on the international community to take decisive action against Israel’s proposed annexation of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Saleh Hijazi, deputy director of the...

As Israel prepares to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank including illegal settlements in defiance of international law, Amnesty International has called on TripAdvisor to urgently remove...

Moroccan authorities on Friday rejected an Amnesty report saying they have spied on journalist Omar Radi using Israeli-made technology, Reuters reports. Amnesty said it checked Radi’s phone and alleged...

Amnesty yesterday called on the Egyptian authorities to protect a detained journalist from “torture and ill-treatment”. On Wednesday, authorities in Egypt arrested Nora Younis, editor-in-chief of Al-Manassa, from her workplace...

Technology developed by Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group was used by the Moroccan government to spy on journalist Omar Radi, a critic of Morocco’s human rights record, Amnesty International...

Human Rights Watch has said that French arms sales to Egypt are “shocking” and “appalling” considering the North African country’s human rights record. The statement follows the French government’s...

Amnesty International has criticised UAE authorities over the deteriorating conditions of prisoners of conscience being held in the Gulf country in light of the outbreak of the coronavirus in...

Marking two years of the detention of prominent female human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Amnesty International called on King Salman Bin Abdulaziz to release them. In...

Amnesty International yesterday condemned the United States’ support for Israel’s plans to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank. The rights watchdog said the US’ “firm support to...

Syrian regime and Russian forces have carried out at least 18 documented attacks on civilian and non-military targets over the past year which amount to war crimes, the UK-based...

In a statement released on Thursday, Amnesty International called on the Jordanian authorities to provide medical care to the refugees in Rukban camp, located on the border with Jordan...

US military operations have killed at least 132 civilians in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia in 2019, a Pentagon report revealed yesterday. The report, which is conducted on an...

A Finnish board member of Amnesty International has hit out at Germany’s decision to ban the political wing of Hezbollah by suggesting that the ideology of the Shia movement...

Amnesty pointed out that with the continued rise of coronavirus infections in Egypt, the government is strengthening its control over information, rather than promoting transparency

Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to completely abolish the death penalty. This came after Riyadh announced that it plans to end the death penalty against people below...

Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi‘s fiancée Hatice Cengiz has asked the Premier League to stop the takeover of Newcastle United Football Club by the Saudi Arabian sovereign fund. Her lawyer, Rodney...

A new human rights report found a 92% increase in the usage of capital punishment in Iraq

Scores of unsuspecting migrant workers were expelled by Qatar after being informed that they would undergo examination for the new coronavirus, Amnesty International has found. Doha has denied the...

Amnesty International has called on the Lebanese government to implement measures to protect migrant domestic workers throughout the coronavirus pandemic, in a report released today. The watchdog’s report has called on...

Amnesty International has commented on the military court’s decision to release a suspect accused of killing a protestor in Beirut several months ago, however, there has been no comment...

The Syrian regime is hesitating in its action to release prisoners under an amnesty declared by President Bashar Al-Assad, raising fears of mass infections if the new coronavirus spreads...

A report issued by Amnesty International has revealed that US raids in Somalia have led to the deaths of two civilians and the injuries of three others in February....

Amnesty International has revealed that 220 civil society organisations have announced a boycott of the G20 meeting due to be hosted by Saudi Arabia in November. The human rights...

The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security, and...

Amnesty International has criticised Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum for justifying the abduction and enforced disappearance of his own daughter, Sheikha Latifa, claiming it was a “private family...

Eight men were executed yesterday in Egypt in what is thought to be the first death sentences carried out in the country so far in 2020. The defendants were...

Amnesty International has released a report accusing the UAE of practising arbitrary detention campaigns, torture and enforced disappearance against citizens and residents while imposing restrictions on freedom of expression....

Saudi Arabia has been found to be using a secret court established for the purpose of judging counter-terrorism cases to imprison and detain critics and dissidents within the country....

A new Qatari law criminalising the publishing of “false or biased” statements could “significantly restrict freedom of expression”, rights group Amnesty International said on Monday, reports Reuters. The addition...

Amnesty International has urged Israeli authorities to prevent notorious tech company NSO Group from exporting spyware products to human rights abusers, ahead of a court case starting tomorrow. A...