Activists
Saudi Arabia state airline cancels flights to Canada amid growing dispute
Middle East
August 7, 2018
Saudi Arabia state airline cancels flights to Canada amid growing dispute
(CNN) – Saudi Arabia’s state airline will suspend all flights to and from Toronto starting next week, amid a intensifying…
Saudi Arabia arrests two more women’s rights activists: rights group
Middle East
August 2, 2018
Saudi Arabia arrests two more women’s rights activists: rights group
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women’s rights activists, the latest to be swept up in a…
As North and South Korea cosy up, human rights groups struggle for cash
World
June 27, 2018
As North and South Korea cosy up, human rights groups struggle for cash
Human rights and North Korean defector groups in South Korea say they are struggling to raise money, cutting jobs…
Activists accused of aiding terror groups on trial in Turkey
Middle East
October 25, 2017
Activists accused of aiding terror groups on trial in Turkey
Eleven human rights activists, including the two local heads of Amnesty International, went on trial in Turkey on Wednesday, accused…
Anti-G-20 activists riot for second night in Hamburg
World
July 8, 2017
Anti-G-20 activists riot for second night in Hamburg
Anti-globalization activists rioted violently for a second night as Hamburg hosted Group of 20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting…
Bahrain files lawsuit to dissolve secular political party
Middle East
March 7, 2017
Bahrain files lawsuit to dissolve secular political party
Bahrain's government filed a lawsuit Monday to dissolve a secular political party, the second-such organization it has targeted in the…
January 25 turns six: Despair overwhelms in Cairo streets, no signs of celebration
Egypt
January 25, 2017
January 25 turns six: Despair overwhelms in Cairo streets, no signs of celebration
Six years after the January 2011 uprising that overthrew Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians who had participated in protests…
Bahrain executes three Shi’ites for bombing, sparks outcry
Middle East
January 15, 2017
Bahrain executes three Shi’ites for bombing, sparks outcry
Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shi'ite Muslim men convicted of killing three policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, the first…
Egypt slams EU, UK for criticizing ruling on activists
Egypt
January 14, 2017
Egypt slams EU, UK for criticizing ruling on activists
Egypt has blasted the EU and Britain for criticizing a recent court decision to freeze the assets of three rights…
Turkey halts activities of 370 groups as purge widens
Middle East
November 12, 2016
Turkey halts activities of 370 groups as purge widens
Turkey has halted the activities of 370 non-governmental groups including human rights and children's organizations over their alleged terrorist links,…