Human-Rights-Violations

Describing the situation in Yemen as “very bleak,” with “no end in sight,” a senior United Nations official envoy said the war-torn country, already reeling from malnutrition and dwindling health...

Israeli soldiers and police stormed a Palestinian hospital twice over the past week terrifying staff and patients and in some cases preventing doctors from providing emergency medical care to...

Facing violence and trauma in Libya and other countries, thousands of children decided to flee by themselves, seeking to get away but not necessarily aiming for Europe, the United Nations...

Calling for “immediate care and protection” for children caught up in violence in Iraq's war torn Mosul and other Middle East conflicts, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned that the...

A committee of United Nations experts has completed its annual evaluation of the situation of people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, hearing serious concerns about Israel’s human rights...

The Saudi Arabian government is employing the death penalty as a political weapon to silence dissent, said Amnesty International, following the execution of four Shi’a men in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern...

Rights group and legal experts say arming Riyadh and Abu Dhabi makes the UK complicit in alleged war crimes. London court dismisses case that tried to stop Britain's multibillion-pound arms sales...

Imprisoning Nabeel Rajab simply for sharing his opinion is a flagrant violation of human rights, and an alarming sign that the Bahraini authorities will go to any length to silence criticism. Salil...

Ebtisam Al-Sayegh, monitoring and documentation officer of the Salam Organisation (Peace for Democracy and Human Rights), was arrested during a raid on her home for the second time in less than two...

The United Nations human rights chief expressed strong concern about international demands that Qatar close down the Al Jazeera network and other affiliated media outlets as “extraordinary,...

Top United Nations officials declared that ending the occupation is the only way to lay the foundations for enduring peace that meets Israeli security needs and Palestinian aspirations for...

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed the new US travel ban against the citizens of Iran and five other countries as a “shameful” act of hostility towards the Iranian nation.

With three million Iraqis remaining internally displaced across the country, the United Nations migration agency published findings of a study showing that the decision to return or remain...

Thousands of people in the [Persian] Gulf face the prospect of their lives being further disrupted and their families torn apart as new arbitrary measures announced by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the...

Refugee protection is not a matter of solidarity or generosity, but an obligation under international law, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, detailing five strong appeals to...

The European commission has launched a legal case against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in refugees, intensifying a bitter feud within the bloc about how to deal with...

Iran has strongly condemned a recent terrorist attack on a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul, which killed four people, including three civilians.

"The use of white phosphorus in densely populated areas poses an unacceptably high risk to civilians and would almost invariably amount to indiscriminate attacks." Middle-East Director of Campaigns...

As fighting in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa continues to take a toll on civilians and displaces thousands every day, the United Nations refugee agency has called for greater and sustained...

Expressing grave concern about the humanitarian situation in Yemen, the United Nations Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement calling on all parties to engage constructively and in good...