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The United States has a large degree of economic inequality. Twenty percent of low-income families get only 3.8 percent of the country’s income and one fifth...

Two Bahraini Shia men were executed following a very severe unfair trial in Saudi Arabia on terror related crimes.

Unilateral sanctions imposed by the US upon various countries are a blatant violation of human rights. We know from the experiences of so many countries that...

Bahrain withdrew from the October election of the United Nations Human Rights Council following mounting criticism from several member states over its human...

130 human rights organizations and bodies issued a joint statement, calling on Pope Francis to adopt an initiative to urge the Bahraini authorities to end...

About two weeks ago, the Holy See Press Office announced the schedule of the Supreme Pontiff’s visit to Bahrain, to participate in the conclusion of the...

Reuters reported that the Biden administration is discussing lifting the ban on US sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia. Such a decision could increase...

Described by the United Nations as the most immediate human rights threat globally, climate change has already put more than 1 million species at risk of...

On top of having less wealth than white Americans to begin with, Black Americans are both less likely to move up the economic ladder and more likely to slide...

Academic cooperation and exchange are an inalienable part of the process of getting new knowledge on behalf of the global community, the experts said.

The Public Prosecution, which is directly subordinate to King Salman in Saudi Arabia, per Article Three of its system, is responsible for the following:...

Attacks on residential buildings, markets and hospitals – which are enabled by weapons exports to the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United...

“During our visit, we were able to identify the (devastating) humanitarian impact of sanctions,” said Alena Douhan, a UN special rapporteur focusing on the...

According to the UN, plans to send some asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda are a breach of international law.

Instead of being released upon the completion of their sentence, many prisoners are transferred without a legal basis to so-called “counselling centres” (or...

The double standards and racism inherent in Europe's refugee responses are glaring.

Their enforced disappearance, torture and wrongful conviction for “plotting a coup against the government” in a trial marred by egregious violations of due...

There are a number of different issues that overlap on the Rohingya crisis. The international community has been slow in responding. Although there was...

In the UK, they were promised sanctuary and a “warm welcome” by Boris Johnson, but exactly six months after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Afghan families...

Even the largest fossil fuel companies, as well as the corporate world, are now pushing for change because decarbonization is good for business and the...