human rights abuses

Italy-Libya deal puts migrants in danger: rights group
Middle East

Italy-Libya deal puts migrants in danger: rights group

CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday that Italy’s renewed support for the Libyan coast guard is putting…
Egypt’s parliament approves new amendments to terrorism law
Egypt

Egypt’s parliament approves new amendments to terrorism law

The Egyptian parliament voted in a plenary session on Monday unanimously in favor of new amendments to the 2015 terrorism…
Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing
Middle East

Israel accused of torturing Palestinians after fatal bombing

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was…
French researchers in Iranian jail petition to get married
Middle East

French researchers in Iranian jail petition to get married

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two French researchers held for months in a Tehran prison on charges of violating Iran’s state…
Exclusive: ‘Shock and awe’ has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says
World

Exclusive: ‘Shock and awe’ has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says

MANILA (Reuters) — Colonel Romeo Caramat oversaw the bloodiest day in the blood-soaked war on drugs in the Philippines –…
India arrests top Kashmiri leaders under controversial law
World

India arrests top Kashmiri leaders under controversial law

JAMMU, India (AP) — Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir…
Amnesty finds Saudi anti-terror court a weapon of repression
Middle East

Amnesty finds Saudi anti-terror court a weapon of repression

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has used a secretive court established to try terrorism cases as “a…
Lebanese-American who worked for Israel charged with murder
Middle East

Lebanese-American who worked for Israel charged with murder

BEIRUT (AP) — A military investigative judge charged a Lebanese-American man with murder and torture of Lebanese citizens Tuesday, crimes…
Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack
World

Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack

GENEVA (AP) — Sophisticated hackers infiltrated U.N. networks in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation that…
Pompeo angry over death of US citizen jailed in Egypt
Egypt

Pompeo angry over death of US citizen jailed in Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “expressed outrage” to Egypt’s president last Sunday at the death of…
Back to top button