Human rights coalition urges US Congress to repeal 2002 war authorization

37 rights organizations and anti war groups sent the letter to congressional leadership, urging a repeal of the 2002 AUMF

Turkey risks losing Europe’s human rights protections: Reuters

The CoE's Committee of Ministers has launched infringement proceedings against Ankara

Israel plays big at COP27, while greenwashing human rights abuses

Israel stands accused of planting trees over stolen Palestinian land to cover up ethnic cleansing

Bahraini activists urge Pope to address persecution, human rights abuses

The Al-Khalifa monarchy is known for its heavy persecution of the country's Shia majority, and for stripping dissidents of their citizenships

Pope Francis arrives in Bahrain and calls for respect for human rights

The visit is Pope Francis’s second to a Gulf Arab country, following his 2019 landmark trip to Abu Dhabi

UK violates human rights guidelines by funding Bahraini government

Bahrain recently sentenced eight men to death, despite the lack of physical evidence and the reported use of torture

Lebanon under fire from human rights groups over murder of Syrian detainee

A forensic investigation has disproven claims made by the State Security Service, which said the Syrian detainee died of a heart attack after ingesting a captagon pill

Qatar accuses Syria of alleged human rights violations

Qatar was one of the main backers of armed militant groups seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since 2011

Lebanese Central Bank guilty of human rights violations: UN

UN officials have lambasted Lebanon for 'appalling levels of wealth concentration at the top, 'tax policies that favor evasion,' and for an 'inadequate social protection system'

Iran places sanctions on US officials for terrorism, human rights violations

Noteworthy current and former US officials include former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, former US senator Joe Lieberman, and several US Treasury officials

Amnesty International becomes fourth major human rights group to call Israel an ‘apartheid state’

The designation includes accusations of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian population

Human rights group sounds alarm over spike in forced disappearances in Saudi Arabia

Activists say an ever-growing number of religious leaders, activists, and journalists are being arbitrarily detained in Saudi jails

Human rights groups accuse Saudi Arabia of lobbying to stop UN investigation of war crimes in Yemen

Human rights activists have also taken aim at the UN for ignoring violations committed by the Saudi-backed administration in southern Yemen

US House Speaker raises ‘concerns’ over Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses

Rift between Riyadh and Washington continues to grow

US is not giving Covid vaccines to North Korea, but issues new human rights complaint

Israel deports Palestinian-French rights lawyer

Rights groups and activists, as well as the French Foreign Ministry, have strongly condemned the deportation and denounced it as illegal

Children under severe threat of malnourishment in northeastern Syria: Rights group

From April to September, the aid agency recorded more than 10,000 malnourished children in the northeastern region of Syria

Bahrain uses political isolation laws against political opponents: rights group

Earlier this month, a Bahrain court sentenced eight anti-government activists to death

Israel detained over 5,300 Palestinians in 2022: Rights group

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 160 Palestinians have been killed since the start of this year

800 Palestinians held without charge in Israel: Rights group

Israeli prison authorities claim they use administrative detention to disrupt and prevent attacks from 'militants' without disclosing 'sensitive intelligence'

Iraq and Syria discuss humanitarian situation in Al-Hawl camp

In 2021, 74 children died inside the Al-Hawl refugee camp, including eight who were intentionally murdered

Rights groups denounce campaign against UN commission investigating Israeli crimes

Human rights groups have pledged their support for the UN's COI against the ongoing Israeli attacks that Palestinians have had to resist

Rights group calls UN response in Yemen ‘unacceptably poor’

Yemen has been at war with the Saudi-led coalition for seven years, resulting in over 377,000 deaths and the displacement of over four million people

Bahrain mistreatment of political prisoner risks his life, says rights group

Dr Al-Singace, 60 years old, was targeted for his pro-reform activism and convicted on dubious charges, including allegedly “creating terrorist groups with a view to overthrowing the monarchy”

Rights groups sue French weapon makers for complicity in Yemen war crimes

According to Amnesty International, France has provided over 8 billion euros worth of military equipment to the Saudi-led coalition war on Yemen

Rights groups urge KSA to stop execution of Bahraini nationals

Jaafar Sultan and Sadeq Thamer were tried on terrorism-related charges over alleged smuggling of explosive materials into the country

Israeli troops use girl, 16, as human shield during raid: Report

Jenin has recently become a Palestinian resistance hub, as the city’s refugee camp faces increasingly brutal raids

US to provide over $800 million in ‘humanitarian aid’ to Syria

In 2016, journalists discovered humanitarian aid hoarded in the warehouses of formerly rebel-held areas in Aleppo after its liberation by the Syrian Arab Army

Taliban issues face-covering law in latest curtailment of Afghan women’s rights

The decision comes despite the absence of strict requirements in Islamic law and has reportedly become a point of discord among Taliban leadership

Rights groups lobby UN over executions in Saudi Arabia

Three weeks ago, Saudi Arabia executed 81 people, including seven Yemeni nationals and one Syrian, in a single day