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Do Egyptians have any Rights Left at All? – HRW

Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities in recent weeks have arrested at least 50 peaceful political activists, blocked at least 62 websites, and opened a criminal prosecution against…

Iran: Does the Rouhani Win Matters for Human Rights?

Iran: Does the Rouhani Win Matter for Human Rights?

By Tara Sepehri Far. | ( Human Rights Watch ) | - - In Second Term, Should Move on Rights Reforms When the 2017 election season kicked off April 21, Iranian President…

After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Candidate Donald Trump called last year for carpet-bombing of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. It is possible that Trump has loosened…

Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave

Via Human Rights Watch | - - Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and dumped the bodies of possibly hundreds of…

Iraq: Hundreds of Police bodies found in ISIS Mass Grave

Human Rights Watch | - - Witnesses Describe Executions (Erbil) – A mass grave discovered near Mosul by Iraqi Security Forces on November 7, 2016, most likely contains the bodies of at…

Humanitarian Crisis In Mosul as Half of Displaced are Children

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | - - . . . "There's no question that, in the worst case, Mosul will represent the single largest, most complex humanitarian crisis in…

UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia: Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations

By Kristine Beckerle, Finberg Fellow | ( Human Rights Watch) | - - Every year, the United Nations secretary-general releases a “list of shame” of government forces and armed groups that have…

Yemen: Saudis Using US Cluster Munitions

Human Rights Watch | - - End Production, Transfer of These Banned Weapons (Washington, DC) – Saudi Arabia has used US-made cluster munitions near civilian areas in Yemen, leaving behind unexploded submunitions,…

UN must hold Perpetrators accountable for War Crime of Hospital Bombings: HRW

Human Rights Watch | - - An airstrike on April 27, 2016, that hit al-Quds Hospital and surrounding areas, killed 58 civilians, including medical staff and many patients, according to the Syrian…

Yemen: Coalition Drops Cluster Bombs in Capital: Indiscriminate Weapon Used in Residential Areas

Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces airdropped cluster bombs on residential neighborhoods in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early on January 6, 2016. It is not yet clear…

Saudi Arabia: Poet Sentenced to Death for Apostasy

Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Palestinian man to death for apostasy on November 17, 2015, for alleged blasphemous statements during a discussion group and…

To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs

By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director | ( Human Rights Watch) - - Syrian asylum-seekers are the largest component of the latest refugee surge to Europe. Germany has been extraordinarily generous in providing…

As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis

Euractiv.com | - - Thousands of exhausted refugees and asylum seekers received a hero's welcome Sunday (6 September) as they streamed into Western Europe. But Austria warned the emergency measures are only…

Israel: Surge in Unlawful Palestinian Home Demolitions: 126 in West Bank Left Homeless

Human Rights Watch | - - (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military unlawfully demolished at least 39 structures in Bedouin Palestinian communities in the West Bank on August 17 and 18, 2015. The…

Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes

Human Rights Watch | - - (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government following the government’s repeated air attacks on Douma’s popular…

Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW

Human Rights Watch | - - (Sanaa) – Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least 65 civilians, including 10 children, and wounded dozens in the Yemeni port city of Mokha on July…

Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking office a year ago pledging to restore…

85,000 Refugees from Ramadi Restricted from Entering Baghdad, despite 110– Heat

85,000 Refugees from Ramadi Restricted from Entering Baghdad, despite 110°F Heat

Human Rights Watch | - (Beirut) – Iraqi authorities are preventing thousands of families fleeing the fighting in Ramadi from reaching safer parts of the country. The government of Iraq has primary…

Don’t Be Fooled by Saudi’s Reshuffle

By Adam Coogle | (Human Rights Watch) | - King Salman’s promotion of his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef to the position of crown prince and heir apparent marks a change of direction…

With 311 Civilians dead in Yemen Strikes, Saudis & US must Investigate War Crimes

Human Rights Watch | - (Washington, DC) – Saudi Arabia, other coalition members, and the United States should ensure that coalition forces take necessary steps to minimize harm to civilians during military…