human rights abuses
Organizers say Gaza protests to be scaled back in March
Middle East
December 26, 2019
Organizers say Gaza protests to be scaled back in March
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The organizers of the weekly Palestinian demonstrations along the Gaza Strip’s frontier with Israel…
Anti-Putin activist ‘forcibly drafted’ and sent to Arctic base
World
December 26, 2019
Anti-Putin activist ‘forcibly drafted’ and sent to Arctic base
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to…
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria
Middle East
March 7, 2019
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers representing Syrian refugees in Jordan have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Syria for…
Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel
Middle East
February 19, 2019
Future rabbis plant with Palestinians, sow rift with Israel
AT-TUWANI, West Bank (AP) — Young American students seeking to be future rabbis are doing more than visiting holy sites,…
Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council
World
June 4, 2017
Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, Ivory Coast elected to UN Security Council
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly elected Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland to the UN Security Council…
Britain agrees US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on visit
Egypt
February 26, 2017
Britain agrees US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on visit
Britain finalized a US$150 million loan guarantee to Egypt on Saturday, where Boris Johnson was on his first visit to…
No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor
Egypt
April 15, 2013
No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor
A report by a fact-finding committee appointed by President Mohamed Morsy that had implicated the Armed Forces in torture and…
Military warns media to ‘think carefully’ before ‘offending’ the Armed Forces
Egypt
April 12, 2013
Military warns media to ‘think carefully’ before ‘offending’ the Armed Forces
“I swear the Armed Forces did not kill or order any killing — betray or order any betrayal — since 25 January,”…
Israeli army shoots ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian
World
April 11, 2013
Israeli army shoots ‘physically disabled’ Palestinian
Israeli troops shot and wounded a physically disabled Palestinian man during an arrest operation in the southern West Bank city…
At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists
World
April 11, 2013
At least 45 die in shelling, executions in Syrian town: activists
At least 45 Syrians were killed, some in cold blood, when government troops stormed the contested town of Sanamein in…