Flash appeal: $274 million needed to meet vital needs of those affected by violence in Yemen
In just three weeks, the violence in Yemen has had devastating humanitarian consequences: the...
Israel’s use of administrative detention against Palestinians draws concern of UN rights office
The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) today expressed concern by the continued and...
U.N. Criticizes U.S. on Torture and Array of Human Rights Issues
The United Nations Committee Against Torture released a report Friday that deeply criticized the...
Funding gap looms amid efforts to tackle ‘twin plagues’ Ebola, ISIL, warns UN rights chief
Combating the “twin plagues” of Ebola and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while...
As ISIL advances on Syrian town, UN envoy urges international action to avoid ‘massacre’
The United Nations will adopt a minimalistic, concrete and realistic approach to addressing the...
Human Rights Council to hold Special Session on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on 23 July
The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first Special Session on Wednesday, 23 July on the...
Ten of thousands of people hit London's streets in protest against attack on Gaza
Ten of thousands of protestors descended upon London's streets on Saturday to condemn Israel's...
AFP : Saudi condemns second Shia protester to death
A Saudi court sentenced to death a Shiite protester convicted of attacking police forces during...
Human Rights Watch: Bahrain: A System of Injustice
Human Rights Watch released a 64-page report today, titled, “Criminalizing Dissent, Entrenching...
AsSajjad Movement Press Release
On 21st April 2014, at 2.30pm Mr Mohd Kamilzuhairi Abdul Aziz, a local Shia cleric was arrested...
Malaysia: UN rights office urges Government to rethink ban of civil society group
The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about a decision by the Malaysian...
Lebanon: UN calls for restraint following latest terrorist car bombing in Beirut
The United Nations today called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second...
Human Rights Day: UN pays tribute to activists, landmark Vienna Declaration
10 December 2013 – Honouring human rights activism, including the legacy of Nelson Mandela,...
Nelson Mandela death: Icon, reconciler, fighter and charmer
Nelson Mandela was not an easy man to sum up. Icon, reconciler, fighter, charmer … The list is...
Deals linked to settlements in occupied territories could be ‘criminal,’ UN expert warns
An independent United Nations human rights expert today warned that financial institutions and...
UN response to surveillance must strike balance between privacy and security
This week’s revelation that the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on 35 world...
Myanmar: UN expert urges greater efforts to curb anti-Muslim sentiment
The United Nations expert on Myanmar today cautioned that the situation in Rakhine State is...
Baghdad hit by wave of deadly car bombs
A series of car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 42 people and...
Iran's chemical weapon survivors show twin horrors of WMD and sanctions
Ahmad is recovering from his third cornea transplant in the last eight months. His body rejected...
The MKO in Iraq, accused of rights abuses, slam UN envoy
According to Reuters the outgoing U.N. special envoy to Iraq accused the leaders of the MKO at a...