human-rights

The prominent human rights defender Sheikh Maitham Al Salman told Le Monde, one the most important French newspapers that the prosecution of the Shia...

Not like in the Western world where it was belatedly introduced, tolerance has been practiced in the historically multicultural context of Iran, where the...

The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But a generation ago, America’s military and...

We have learned that when we come together and fight back, we can make a difference. The Trump administration’s ongoing threats to human rights remain – but...

The deeper tragedy is that Yemen’s situation is totally man-made, reflecting policy decisions in Saudi Arabia, Arab allies, the United States, UK, France and...

International Mother Earth Day is celebrated to remind each of us that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance.

Israel’s ruthless policy of holding Palestinian prisoners arrested in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in prisons inside Israel is a flagrant violation...

The Friday U.S. missile attack on the Shayrat airfield in Syria can mark the beginning of a different political-security era in the burning Middle East.

In modern Bahrain, the truth behind violent deaths is hard to establish. And the fact that they are largely ignored by the international media means you may...

On 23 December 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution (A/RES/58/234) designating 7 April, the start date of the 1994 genocide in...

The Australian government has created an island of despair for refugees and people seeking asylum on Nauru

Instead of moving to correct its shameful history of unfair trials and impunity for violations, authorities in Bahrain have decided to further undermine...

Prof. William O. Beeman, head of the anthropology department at the State University of Minnesota, believes that Donld Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon...

The continued crises in today’s world, has put Mankind against a difficult challenge.

Every person is entitled to human rights without discrimination. The rights to equality and non-discrimination are cornerstones of human rights law.

The EU-Turkey deal is a stain on the collective conscience of Europe. John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Director for Europe.

"On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote...

According to a report of Shargh daily last week, Tehran's prosecutor announced the appointment of a woman as juvenile court supervision.

Academics and policymakers alike have begun to push back, against popular conceptions of refugees as a burden on their receiving societies. While these...

If people are not afraid of violence, they are genuinely free to seek their true path.