Human Rights Watch
Rights groups urge Yemen rebels to free prominent activist
Middle East
August 18, 2017
Rights groups urge Yemen rebels to free prominent activist
International rights groups on Friday urged Yemen’s Shia rebels to free a prominent Yemeni activist who used social media to…
Lebanon repeals ‘marry the rapist’ law
Middle East
August 17, 2017
Lebanon repeals ‘marry the rapist’ law
Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday abolished a law that allowed rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims. The repeal of…
Update: Jordanian parliament repeals ‘marry the rapist’ clause
Middle East
August 1, 2017
Update: Jordanian parliament repeals ‘marry the rapist’ clause
The lower house of Jordan’s parliament on Tuesday scrapped a provision in the kingdom’s penal code that allowed a rapist…
Court adjourns lawsuit demanding Aqrab prison shutdown to June 15
Egypt
June 4, 2017
Court adjourns lawsuit demanding Aqrab prison shutdown to June 15
The commissioners for the State Council’s Administrative Court adjourned on Thursday a lawsuit demanding the shutdown of the heavy-guarded al-Aqrab…
UN says 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies
Middle East
May 18, 2017
UN says 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies
The United Nations said on Thursday up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as Iraqi forces push into the…
Bahrain bars Human Rights Watch staffer from FIFA event
Middle East
May 10, 2017
Bahrain bars Human Rights Watch staffer from FIFA event
A Human Rights Watch activist said Wednesday that Bahrain has barred him from entering the tiny island nation for the…
HRW: Houthi rebels, allies using banned landmines in Yemen
Middle East
April 20, 2017
HRW: Houthi rebels, allies using banned landmines in Yemen
Houthi forces and their allies have been using banned landmines in war-torn Yemen, causing hundreds of civilian casualties and threatening…
A Saudi woman’s plea for help exposes risks runaways face
Middle East
April 16, 2017
A Saudi woman’s plea for help exposes risks runaways face
A young Saudi woman's plea for help after she was stopped in an airport in the Philippines en route to…
Philippine and Saudi leaders discuss labor, anti-narcotics
Middle East
April 12, 2017
Philippine and Saudi leaders discuss labor, anti-narcotics
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Tuesday with King Salman in Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Filipinos work as…
Court dismisses claim demanding closure of HRW in Egypt
Egypt
February 15, 2017
Court dismisses claim demanding closure of HRW in Egypt
The Administrative Court dismissed a claim, filed by lawyer Shehata Mohamed Shehata, on Tuesday for the Solidarity Ministry to shutdown…