It is sometimes hard to see why the war in Syria gets so much coverage in Britain, while the war in Yemen is all but ignored; it feels like...

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against five human rights activists from the kingdom’s Eastern Province currently on trial in a secretive terrorism court, groups including...

Human Rights Watch said two former detainees and the father of a man who died in detention have provided details of ill-treatment, torture and death in security centres run...

The massacre resulted from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the Yemeni city of Saada, which left dozens of civilians and children killed, must be “a watershed in the history...

Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest in a government crackdown on activists, clerics and journalists, an international rights group said today. Human Rights Watch...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday requested Iraq investigate claims that its forces are torturing Daesh suspects in prison, adding that judges are convicting defendants based on coerced confessions. “Torture...

The Iraqi government yesterday lifted the weeks-long ban on social media websites amid protests in the capital Baghdad and other southern provinces, local media has reported. “Iraq’s National Communication...

Iraqi security forces used excessive and unnecessary lethal force against protesters in the southern city of Basra, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. In a statement, the New York-based...

What: Israel waged aerial, ground and naval war on Lebanon’s Hezbollah Where: Southern Lebanon and northern Israel When: 12 July – 14 August 2006 What happened? Between 12 July...

The “escalation of pressure” on Syrian refugees to leave Lebanon and return home has been denounced by Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report today. The rights group listed...

The latest Human Rights Watch (HRW) report titled “Israel: Apparent War Crimes in Gaza” commences with a sentence that mars the rest of its investigation and analysis. “Israeli forces’...

The Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee discussed on Tuesday the government’s decision to revoke the work permit of Human Rights Watch (HRW) official Omar Shakir, with one speaker describing the...

Human Rights Watch yesterday called on the Palestinian Authority to issue the necessary medical treatment approvals for patients in the Gaza Strip immediately. In a statement, the organisation stressed...

Human Rights Watch called on the Bahraini authorities to drop charges of “tweeting” against human rights activists including Nabeel Rajab. The organisation confirmed that the charges against Rajab are...

The European Parliament yesterday condemned human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and called for the immediate release of all detainees including activists Nawaf Al-Rasheed and Raef Badawi and stop...

A prominent Emirati human rights activist was yesterday handed a ten-year prison sentence for using his social media accounts to allegedly spread “false information” and cause “hatred and sectarianism”....

A Saudi court sentenced Mohammed Al-Huthaify to five years in prison for allegedly insulting allied countries on Twitter. Al Jazeera quoted an unnamed source as saying that the Saudi...

Many of Israel’s largest banks are providing financial services that help support, maintain and expand illegal settlements by funding their construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Human Rights Watch...

The Egyptian army has “vastly expanded” the destruction of homes, commercial buildings and farms in Egypt’s North Sinai region since 9 February 2018, a report by Human Rights Watch...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned the arrests of Saudi activists defending women’s rights in the kingdom. The two organizations called on the Saudi authorities to release...

An Israeli court yesterday rejected a request by Human Rights Watch (HRW) for its country Director Omar Shakir to remain in Israel until an appeal against his expulsion is...

Amnesty International has slammed a decision by Israeli authorities to expel Human Rights Watch official Omar Shakir, in a statement released yesterday. “We stand in complete solidarity with Omar...

Israeli authorities have revoked the work permit of Human Rights Watch (HRW) official Omar Shakir and ordered him to leave the country within 14 days, citing his alleged support...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the “impunity enjoyed by Israeli forces” following the nine-month prison sentence handed down to Israeli border police officer Ben Deri for the killing...

Human Rights Watch has expressed concern over the risk of a looming humanitarian crisis in North Sinai as a result of the Egyptian army’s military operation against terrorist elements...

Rights group condemns recent expulsion of hundreds of Syrian refugees from residences in Lebanon

African migrants and asylum seekers in Yemen are being subjected to physical and sexual abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch(HRW) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR said. HRW, in...

The Houthi armed group launched a strike on Saudi Arabia’s primary economy maker, Saudi Aramco today, Al-Masirah TV reported. “The air force announced the execution of air strikes with...

The Egyptian elections are an attempt by General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to “legitimise a violent dictatorial regime”, head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council Maha Azzam has said. As polling...

Lebanon’s public education system discriminates against children with disabilities. Children with disabilities are often denied admission to schools because of their disability.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the United Nations to take action over Israel’s expanding illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), part of what the global rights...

An Israeli propaganda group has claimed that the call by Hamas for the Palestinians to take part in a “Friday of Rage” demonstration was incitement to terrorism that led...