Interference in aid operations by parties to Yemen’s conflict must stop as it is deterring donors and putting at risk millions of people who are dependent on assistance, Human...

Rights campaigners said the launch of a new contract for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon was a positive first step but that far deeper reform was needed to abolish...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Egyptian authorities to open a full investigation into the causes of the deaths of four detainees in three days inside Egyptian prisons. The organisation’s...

Lebanese security forces used excessive force, including firing live ammunition, against anti-government protesters after the Beirut port explosion, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. It called...

Human Rights Watch yesterday criticised the Jordanian authorities’ decision to limit media coverage of its decision to close the Jordanian Teachers’ Syndicate issued on 25 July and to arrest...

A report released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has shed light on the plight of Ethiopian migrants in northern Yemen who have been forcibly expelled in their thousands...

Jordanian security forces on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing demonstrators it blamed for disrupting public services during a protest demanding the release of leaders of the opposition-run...

Lebanon has failed to make positive progress on human rights issues since 2015, a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The publication, which was submitted to the...

Journalist Adel Sabry has been released from jail after more than two years in pre-trial detention. Sabry, who is editor-in-chief of Masr Al-Arabia and a journalist and member of the Egyptian...

Another detainee has died in detention after suffering symptoms of the coronavirus. Khaled Taha, 58, died at the Haram Police station as a result of a stroke and pneumonia....

Human Rights Watch yesterday urged Yemen’s Houthis to allow the United Nations to access an abandoned oil tanker known as the Safer in the Red Sea which is at...

The English Premier League should consider Saudi Arabia’s human rights record while it is assessing the kingdom’s bid to acquire Newcastle United FC, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a...

At least 14 detainees have died of suspected coronavirus complications in Egypt across ten facilities since mid-July, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. Despite many prisoners...

Greece has apparently been robbing and deporting asylum-seekers and refugees to Turkey during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic without taking “any precautions to prevent the risk” of them catching the...

Canada has ignored its human rights obligations to citizens who are being held in camps in north-east Syria over links to Daesh, and must facilitate their return, a new report by...

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...

Human Rights Watch has said that the 2014 Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square massacre of civilian protesters by the Egyptian army remains the worst mass killing in Egypt’s modern history, New...

There has been an outbreak of the coronavirus in at least three UAE detention centres, Human Rights Watch warned in a report published yesterday, as it called on authorities...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for Saudi Arabia to immediately release a Yemeni blogger who was arrested on 8 April after posting a video on social media....

Lebanon’s unsustainable waste management system is damaging the health of residents, a report released yesterday by the Waste Management Coalition (WMC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The publication comes six weeks after...

International donors raised $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen on Tuesday but the amount fell short of the United Nations’ target of $2.4 billion needed to save the...

Human Rights Watch said in a press statement on Monday that Egyptian authorities have used the COVID-19 pandemic to automatically renew the pretrial detention of “hundreds and most likely thousands” of...

At the end of April, Lebanon’s Tripoli witnessed some of the most violent clashes between security forces and protesters since anti-government demonstrations exploded across the country in October. One...

Israel discriminates against its own Palestinian citizens, sharply restricting their access to land for housing to accommodate natural population growth, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement issued...

Lebanon’s coronavirus response has overlooked and failed the country’s disabled people, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released yesterday warns. According to the report, Lebanese with disabilities are facing challenges to accessing...

Human Rights Watch yesterday called for an investigation to be launched into a gorge in northern Syria where Daesh used to dump the bodies of its victims. HRW said...

The Lebanese Army used excessive force against protesters during demonstrations in the northern city of Tripoli yesterday, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released today. The report...

A leading Saudi human rights figure has died after suffering a stroke earlier this month, Human Rights Watch reported. Saudi human rights activists say that imprisoned Abdullah al-Hamid, 69,...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Friday that the mass trial of 68 Jordanians and Palestinians held by Saudi Arabia raises serious concerns about due process, amid charges of...

A report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Lebanon has blamed gaps in the country’s social protection system for leaving millions of residents at risk of hunger during the...

Lebanon has introduced discriminatory restrictions on Syrian refugees that do not apply to Lebanese residents  as part of its effort to combat COVID-19

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report today highlighting abuses by Saudi Arabia and the forces it supports in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, specifically in the eastern province...