human rights abuses
Italy-Libya deal puts migrants in danger: rights group
Middle East
February 12, 2020
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
February 11, 2020
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
February 10, 2020
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
February 7, 2020
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
February 7, 2020
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
February 7, 2020
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
February 6, 2020
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
February 5, 2020
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
January 30, 2020
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
January 23, 2020
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…