Egypt’s interior ministry yesterday said it had killed 12 individuals in the capital city of Cairo for allegedly “planning to cause chaos across the country.” “We’ve monitored a number...

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 560 prisoners, the majority of whom were accused of supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, two judicial sources said on Friday, Reuters has reported....

Egyptian have launched an online campaign to raise awareness about the plight of female prisoners especially during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Using the Arabic hashtag for Ramadan...

A Human Rights Watch statement today accused Iraqi officials of allowing torture to continue in Mosul detention facilities. “If the Iraqi government ignores credible reports of torture, it’s no...

Human Rights Watch yesterday called on the Saudi authorities to immediately release prominent human rights lawyer, Walid Abu Al-Khair, who was sentenced in 2014 to 15 years in prison...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Tunisian government to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), when he attends...

On 27 March, 11 Saudi women return to court, among them some of the kingdom’s best known women’s rights activists including Aziza Al-Yousef, Loujain Al-Hathloul, Eman Al-Nafjan and Hatoon...

The UAE has been sharply rebuked by Human Rights Watch (HRW) over its treatment of eight Lebanese nationals who have been detained for more than a year without charge...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday called on Egyptian authorities to locate the disclose the whereabouts of former parliamentarian Mostafa Al-Nagar who has been missing “for nearly five months”. “The...

One of the foremost human rights groups in the world has criticised the failure to publish a long-awaited database of companies facilitating illegal Israeli settlements and denounced the obstruction...

Some 283 prisoners suspected of being affiliated to Daesh have been released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) over the weekend as a gesture of “cooperation, fraternity and clemency,”...

Saudi authorities should clarify the status of prominent princes, government officials and businessmen arrested during the kingdom’s “anti-corruption campaign” in November 2017, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. An anti-corruption...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday condemned the Egyptian authorities’ execution of three coup opponents, stating that they were tortured into confessing. The three men – two of whom were...

Jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi, who fled political upheaval in the Middle East nation and has refugee status in Australia, will spend at least two more months in...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Pope Francis to exert pressure on UAE during his visit, which begins on Sunday, to stop serious human rights abuses committed by its...

Allegations of torture and abuse of female activists in Saudi prisons became the subject of a high level investigation in the UK. The Detention Review Panel (DPR) – a...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that migrants and asylum seekers end up in “nightmarish detention,” and accused the EU and Italy of contributing to the cycle of...

Israel will deport the Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s regional office, Omar Shakir, refusing a Supreme Court petition. On Thursday the Israeli government submitted its response to a...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday that the US government has deported more than 30 Iraqis, returning them to their country, and has threatened some with jail if they...

A group of six international rights groups called for a “robust” response to Egyptian authorities’ harassment of citizens who met with the UN special rapporteur and gave her details...

Human Rights Watch has asked Argentina to use a war crimes clause in its constitution to investigate the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in possible crimes...

New findings released by Amnesty International have laid bare the Egyptian government’s violations against children, including forcibly disappearing and torturing minors. Released on the occasion of World Children’s Day...

Detainees at a prison in Syria are on hunger strike in protest of death sentences that were handed to political prisoners

At least 40 human rights workers, lawyers and political activists have been arrested in Egypt since late October 2018, Human Rights Watch has revealed. Most of the people were...

At least 20 refugees that have returned to Syria from Lebanon have been killed by the regime and their allied forces, Lebanese Caretaker Minister for Refugee Affairs Mouin Merehbi...

The Tunisian military court yesterday sentenced parliamentarian and blogger Yassine Ayari to three months in prison for “insulting” the military establishment. Ayari said on Facebook that he has ten...

The US is transferring foreign nationals who joined Daesh from Syria to Iraq despite the risk of torture and unfair trails, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has announced. At four...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked ten questions to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, all of them related to the human rights situation in the Kingdom and Riyadh’s...

The news that the US and the Palestinian Authority are planning for CIA Director Gina Haspell to visit Ramallah comes just as Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report...

The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security accused Human Rights Watch of ignoring the reality and facts about the situation of freedoms in the Gaza Strip. “With great...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed in a new report that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas routinely arrest and torture opponents and critics, in what have been described...

Egypt has issued arrest warrants for two Egyptian lawyers, who are suspected to have been disappeared by government authorities since mid-September, for failing to adhere to the terms of...