Human Rights

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected a report recently issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner…

GENEVA (Reuters) – Two dozen mainly European countries voiced concern on Monday at alleged torture, unlawful detentions and unfair trials…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi officials have hailed as “historic” new rights granted to women in Saudi Arabia that further dismantle…

The Egyptian House of Parliament on July 14 approved an all-new law for non-governmental organizations (NGO), replacing the controversial law…

GENEVA (Reuters) – UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is “appalled” at the conditions in which the United States is…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Venezuela to release jailed dissidents Friday and said the crisis-wracked…

Egypt deprecated a statement issued by the Spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert…

Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) has stated that the Human Rights Watch has routinely fabricated lies about the human rights…

ROME (AP) — The Italian interior ministry vowed Sunday to press ahead with a new decree formalizing the closure of…

RIYADH (Reuters) – A senior Saudi official denied the authorities posed any threat to prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Iyad…