Morocco expels human rights activists from Western Sahara
Morocco has once again expelled foreign activists from Western Sahara, wary of foreign attention on a conflict it has struggled...
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UN alarmed over worsening situation in Western Sahara
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that he is alarmed over the worsening human rights landscape in occupied Western Sahara,...
UN envoy warns of fragile situation in Syria
UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, told the Security Council on August 21st that the situation in Syria is...
Amnesty denounces Iraq court over Kurdish journalist’s sentence
Amnesty International condemned the trial and extended detention of Kurdish journalist Sherwan Sherwani, who was sentenced again on August 19th...
Sudan’s executing chambers: Army found torturing people to death
According to the BBC on August 17th, the Sudanese Army are accused of operating 'executing chambers' according to a prominent...
Libya: rights group calls for release of abducted journalist
The National Human Rights Institution in Libya has called on the Government of National Unity to immediately and unconditionally release...
Burkina Faso expels UN official over child abuse report
Burkina Faso’s marred human rights record has surfaced yet again with a UN report that the junta has sought to...
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...
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...
