Human rights in Egypt shouldn’t be judged from Western perspective: Sisi in US
The state of human rights in Egypt shouldn't be judged from a Western perspective, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
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Saudi Arabia calls for social media informants decried as ‘Orwellian’
Saudi Arabia has urged its people to report subversive comments spotted on social media via a phone app, a move…
Open inquiry into deadly Saudi strikes in Yemen: UN rights envoy
The United Nations has verified 5,144 civilian deaths in the war in Yemen, mainly from airstrikes by the…
U.S. Senate panel votes to cut millions in Egypt aid over human rights woes
US Senate’s Foreign Aid Spending Panel has proposed cutting $300 million from military aid to the country in a…
French police use excessive force on Calais migrants: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch pressed France on Wednesday to end what it described as recurrent police violence against…
Syrian Observatory says eight killed in Ghouta air strikes
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said overnight air strikes killed at least eight people in the rebel-held…
Iraq collectively punishing ISIS families: HRW
Human Rights Watch has accused Iraqi security forces of forcibly relocating at least 170 families of alleged…
Qatar says Syria ‘de-escalation’ plan not an alternative to political…
Qatar's foreign minister on Tuesday welcomed a Russian-brokered agreement for "de-escalation" zones in Syria but…
Rights group accuses Syria of several likely nerve agent attacks
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Syrian government forces of likely dropping bombs containing nerve agents at…
US-backed militias oust IS from Syria’s Tabqa old city
U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a…