Human Rights Abuse

The representative of Amnesty International in Geneva, Peter Splinter, announced on Tuesday that 1089 people were killed in the period between 14 and 18 August during the operation to...

Below is the text from Ismail Patel's open letter to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in the United Kingdom. Click here to read about G4S's contract with Saudi Arabia...

Germany's Foreign Minister has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to attend a UN Human Rights Council hearing next Tuesday. Guido Westerwelle warned the Israeli prime minister that if Israel boycotts the...

The New York Times recently published an editorial by Yuval Steinitz, an Israeli politician and Knesset member for the Likud party, under the headline "How Palestinian hate prevents peace"....

In late September, retired senior U.S. military officials were part of a delegation that went to Egypt on a visit organized by Virginia-based think tank the Westminster Institute (WI),...

Perhaps understandably, the US is secretive about its drone programme. But over the last decade, thousands of unmanned drones have been deployed in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia as part...

It goes without saying that almost every news network claims to report truthfully and objectively. The BBC, for example, portrays itself to be " independent, impartial and honest." This...

Just over a year ago, Egypt threw off the shackles of its military dictatorship and took on the mantle of a civil democracy, becoming for a short period, the...

Prior to the 14 August clashes, the two main protest sites, al-Nahda and Rabaa al-Adawiya, were densely populated with women, children, and men who have been staging a 47...

In Egypt, General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of the Egyptian armed forces is now the most powerful man in the land. While Hitler and Mussolini were invited, or voted into...

On Sunday, the world learnt that the detention of Tarek Loubani and John Greyson had been extended by 45 days. The Canadian doctor and filmmaker have been held without...

Last week rapper Ahmed Ben Ahmed was released after three weeks in prison. The Tunisian artist, aka Klay BBJ, was originally sentenced to 21 months in prison for 'insulting...

The international legal team appointed by the Freedom and Justice Party announced yesterday in London that representatives of the "legitimate Egyptian government" have launched an international case against the...

While three Dutch charities have announced that they will no longer accept donations by G4S due to the company's support for the Israeli occupation, the Gates Foundation has deemed...

As the eyes of the world turn to Syria, the Egyptian crisis is continuing. This week, it was announced that deposed president Mohammed Morsi and 14 of his Muslim...

"The establishment of the Court is a gift of hope to future generations, and a giant step forward in the march towards universal human rights and the rule of...

"Any time someone comes to engage me, I am beaten. All the men look at me and my brother thinks I have had sexual relations with them. No one...

As Israel's heavily publicised humanitarian mission in the Philippines commenced, the IDF has been constantly updating its achievements in the ravaged land through a twitter account which briefly utilised...