human-rights

The authorities have three variations in their reaction to torture: "nothing is happening, what is happening is something else, and what is happening is...

Yemen's warring sides agreed at peace talks in Sweden this month on the ceasefire to halt a devastating offensive by government forces and the coalition...

U.S. policies do not always respect human rights and the government also fails to protect key human rights domestically, especially economic and social rights.

Saudi Arabia is not a democracy and its regime is not publicly accountable for its policies, domestically or internationally.

The beleaguered Gaza Strip is in a humanitarian crisis and the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which run afoul of the UN Security Council Resolution...

Executions and torture; the crackdown on activists, journalists and academics; the murder of a dissident journalist in a consulate abroad; the escalating...

Health experts and human rights campaigners said the forced sterilizations, which the United Nations considers a form of torture, are symptomatic of the...

The core idea of Richard Nephew’s book “The Art of Sanctions ” is that sanctions are designed to target the well-being, happiness and satisfaction of all...

The negative effects of sanctions on living and important rights such as the right to life and healthy living of citizens, results in the raising of...

The sanctions are primarily focused on financial measures but when you make it difficult to finance trade, it means that the overall sanctions have an effect...

The United States government under President Trump has zero respect for international law and this became clear when he pulled out of the Paris climate...

“UN member states must end their deafening silence on Saudi Arabia and do their duty of scrutinizing the cruelty in the kingdom in order to prevent further...

"I am deeply concerned that it is the poor who are bearing the brunt of these actions," Idriss Jazairy said.

“There’s no doubt that the lives of thousands of patients will be at risk,” Ahmad Ghavideh, of Iran’s haemophilia society told.

Health care in Bahrain’s prison system is marred by regular instances of negligence, delay, and arbitrary exercise of authority.

After the passage of almost 20 days, on Saturday 19 October, in a statement, the Saudi prosecutor general confirmed the death of journalist critic Jamal...

Yemen is on the verge of a devastating famine as it continues to endure Saudi coalition airstrikes. Despite this, most of the criticism levied at the Kingdom...

According to breakdown and analysis of murders of men between 2012 and 2018, researchers have found that 8 percent of these killings were committed by the...

Governments worldwide should impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel following the country’s disproportionate response to mass demonstrations along the...

Despite being a member of the UN Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia's human rights record is critical and declining as testified by international...