Saudi Arabia executes eight in a day amid death penalty “crisis”
Eight people were executed in a single day in Saudi Arabia, mostly on drug-related charges, forming part of what has...
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Police in Iraq’s Kurdistan region arrest opposition leader
Iraqi Kurdish police stated that they had arrested the main opposition party leader in the autonomous Kurdistan region in north...
Syria vows justice after hospital killing video surfaces
Syria’s interior ministry announced on August 11th that it would hold accountable those involved in the purported killing of an...
Syria withdraws from Kurdish talks after calls for federal system
Syria’s transitional government will not participate in Paris talks which intend to mediate differences of a Kurdish-led force after the...
NGOs grow concerned about Morocco’s treatment of migrants
Migrant dumping, until now often practiced by Tunisia, Libya and Algeria is now also becoming a trend in Morocco, a...
Arbitrary arrests of Egypt’s influencers sparks rights concerns
Further concerns over human rights in Egypt have been triggered by the interior ministry’s crackdown on content creators, with arrests...
Indian government faces backlash over Muslim deportations
The Indian government is facing growing backlash over the deportation of hundreds of Bengali-speaking Muslims to Bangladesh, actions that rights...
Moroccan mothers call for the release of their sons
Young Moroccan men are allegedly disappearing abroad, and their families are demanding answers and action. The Moroccan government-friendly outlet Hespress...
Israel ramps up ground operation as tanks enter central Gaza
For the first time since the war on Gaza began, Israeli tanks entered the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah...
UN calls on Libya to investigate MP’s kidnapping six years on
On July 17th, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) marked exactly six years since the disappearance of a...
Morocco: Worries arise concerning legislative corruption
Amid the controversial modifications to Morocco's Criminal Procedure code, some of the country's key human rights figures have expressed their...
Moroccan brothers sentenced to three months after protest
Two brothers in Morocco were arrested and sentenced to three months in prison after they protested the death of their...
12 year old Kenyan shot dead in her own home
On July 7th, during the ongoing protests against police brutality in Kenya, a 12 year old child was shot in...
Libya refuses to extradite senior militia commander to the ICC
The western Libyan government based in Tripoli has announced on July 13th that it is rejecting the International Criminal Court’s...
Iran threatens activist with “physical elimination”
Narges Mohammadi, who is an Iranian human rights activist that has fought against the oppression of women, has allegedly had...
