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World
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Region
10/22/2024 4:40:53 PM
Human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that the Israeli military's bombing of branches of a financial firm in Lebanon should be "investigated as a war crime".
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/22/2024 3:33:17 PM
An Israeli military unit that has been accused of human rights abuses against Palestinian detainees is reportedly under investigation by the US State Department, in a move that could lead to it being barred from receiving assistance, according to The Guardian.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/21/2024 1:23:17 PM
The UN Human Rights Office voiced increasing concern that the manner in which the Israeli occupation army is conducting hostilities in north Gaza, along with unlawful interference with humanitarian assistance and forced displacement, may be causing the destruction of the Palestinian population in north Gaza through death and displacement.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/17/2024 9:04:19 PM
UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Thursday warned Israel that any "large-scale forcible transfer" of civilians out of conflict-wracked north Gaza could constitute a war crime if not done on "imperative military grounds."
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World
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War in Sudan
10/17/2024 1:11:09 PM
Clashes between Ethiopian federal forces and militias in the country's north-west are placing fleeing Sudanese refugees at "grave risk", Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/15/2024 9:58:49 PM
Gamal Essam El-Din reviews the latest National Council for Human Rights annual report on human rights in Egypt
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Egypt
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Politics
10/14/2024 10:55:00 AM
At a press conference in Cairo, National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) President Moushira Khattab announced that NCHR members participated in preparing the council's annual report for the second consecutive year.
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World
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Africa
10/8/2024 2:55:42 PM
Nearly a million people within the Democratic Republic of Congo have been displaced from their homes this year, the UN human rights chief said Tuesday.
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World
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Region
9/21/2024 10:57:04 AM
The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk said Friday the Israeli detonation of hand-held communication devices in Lebanon could constitute a war crime as Beirut's top diplomat described the Israeli attack as a "terrorist aggression"
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World
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Region
9/18/2024 4:04:50 PM
The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory condemned in a statement late on Tuesday the Israeli settlers' violence, urging Tel Aviv to stop the forcible transfer of Palestinian herding communities and the ongoing annexation of parts of the West Bank.
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World
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Africa
9/18/2024 10:42:49 AM
Armed jihadist groups in Burkina Faso have stepped up their attacks on civilians in recent months, "massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers", Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/11/2024 10:51:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stated on Wednesday that Israel’s "use of hunger as a weapon against Palestinians" in Gaza is a "blatant violation of human rights.”
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World
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International
9/11/2024 5:09:18 PM
Flawed asylum policies in the Americas are forcing thousands of migrants from troubled countries like Venezuela and Haiti into a perilous US-bound jungle crossing, Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/4/2024 11:16:00 PM
Having stood idly by for 11 months while Israel killed nearly 41,000 Palestinians, two thirds of whom are women and children, leaders of the supposedly civilised, democratic West are now making strongly worded, human rights preaching statements against the death of six Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza early this week.
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World
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Region
9/4/2024 11:01:52 AM
European aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights, according to a global watchdog report published Wednesday by Human Rights Watch.
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World
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Africa
9/2/2024 2:08:17 PM
A massive oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and China's CNOOC is mired in reports of sexual violence, forced evictions and environmental damage, climate activists said Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/27/2024 11:07:54 PM
Gamal Essam El-Din reviews a new report on human rights developments in Egypt.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/26/2024 7:31:39 PM
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated Monday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should investigate attacks and detentions of Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza.
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Egypt
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Politics
8/22/2024 5:56:44 PM
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) called on Thursday for the government to fully comply with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's directives on reforming pretrial detention and the criminal justice system, especially reducing the maximum periods of pretrial detention.
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World
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International
8/21/2024 1:15:08 PM
The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan has been barred from entering the country, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday.
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