Tag: human rights

Hunger strike in Western Sahara prison

12 Activists enter a 48-hour hunger strike, in response to their detention…

Basil El-Dabh

Unrest raging on in Bahrain

Security forces arrest more men, as human rights organisations' criticism continue

Hend Kortam

Bahraini teenager killed during clashes with riot police

Eye witnesses told BCHR, Hussam was shot with shotgun pellets which made…

Basil El-Dabh

International support to Syrian refugees and opposition increases

The number of refugees fleeing Syria rises, host states have sought international…

Rana Muhammad Taha

Bahraini policemen charged with hospital violence

Authorities make some concessions to rights groups but crackdown against opposition continues

Hend Kortam

Gamal Eid: Human rights continue to suffer since revolution

Gamal Eid, the executive director of the Arab Network for Human Rights…

Daily News Egypt

“Abduction: a state’s thuggery”

The No Military Trials movement has decided to begin a campaign to…

Rana Muhammad Taha

PKK abducts Turkish soldiers

Kuridstan workers party kidnapped three off-duty Turkish soldiers, says Diayrbakir governor

Ahmed Khalifa

US praises Bahrain for report, as clampdowns continue

Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report: the country is more stable, despite…

Moustafa Ayad

Clinton: Since Mubarak “sectarian violence has increased”

A teacher and Shia facing blasphemy charges are among the recent examples…

Nouran El-Behairy