Human Rights Watch criticises Biden, others for weak defense of democracy
First: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the December 2021 jobs report during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White...
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Egypt independent human rights organization closes due to government pressure
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), one of Egypt’s last independent human rights organizations, closed Monday. ANHRI...
20 Years of US Torture – and Counting
Global Costs of Unlawful Detention and Interrogation Post-9/11 (New York) – Twenty years after Guantánamo Bay detention operations...
Egypt frees activist Ramy Shaath after he abandons nationality
Shaath’s detention came amid a continuing crackdown on political dissent under Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Egyptian...
Guantanamo Bay: ‘The legal equivalent of outer space’
How the US decided on a place where suspected ‘terrorists’ could be jailed without legal protections after 9/11. Twenty years ago, the...
Egypt: Wave of Unjust ‘Emergency’ Trials
Prosecutions Fast-Tracked Despite End to State of Emergency Update December 20, 2021: An emergency court sentenced Alaa Abd al Fattah to...
Israel announces completion of ‘smart fence’ around Gaza Strip
Israel on Tuesday announced the completion of a sensor-equipped underground wall on its side of the Gaza border, a counter-measure...
On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes
Powerful associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new...
Reversing Trump, Biden administration restores reproductive rights assessment to State Dept. report
The U.S. State Department has restored assessments of global reproductive rights to its annual human rights report, another move by the...
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