Tag: Human Rights Watch

Activists feared Friday for the safety of a young Saudi woman they say was returned to the kingdom against her ...

Around 3,000 Syrian refugees have left their tents in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley after oral eviction orders issued last month by ...

A prominent female academic and activist was charged on Monday with cyber-harassment for calling President Yoweri Museveni a "pair of ...

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left ...

Indonesia's Aceh looks set to cane two men who admitted having sex in contravention of Islamic laws, an official said ...

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left ...

Egypt's Copts, targets of an apparent church bombing north of Cairo on Sunday, are the Middle East's largest Christian minority ...

A prominent academic has been arrested for criticising the wife of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on social media, police said ...

A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday as police ...

Gaza's Hamas rulers hanged three men they accused of collaborating with Israel Thursday following calls for revenge for the killing ...

Burundi's ruling party sought Wednesday to distance itself from a viral video showing members of its feared youth wing threatening ...

Hamas has offered "collaborators" with Israel a week to turn themselves in and receive clemency as it investigates the murder ...

A video circulating on social media has raised eyebrows as it shows a non-uniformed Kenyan policeman killing an unarmed suspected ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday hoping to tap the oil-rich kingdom's "immense potential" as ...

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in ...

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in ...

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is visiting the White House for the first time since he led the military's overthrow ...

Palestinian football chief Jibril Rajoub on Monday renewed calls for FIFA to exclude Israel over games played in settlements on ...

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is to visit the White House for the first time since he led the military's ...

Pakistan Monday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the supposedly voluntary UN programme ...