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Iran political prisoners cause international concern
International concern is rising for more than a dozen political prisoners in Iran who are on hunger strike.Amnesty International issued a statement on ... Middle East -
Immoral amendments of Iraq’s amnesty law
The present Iraqi government inherited a huge budget deficit due to the unbridled corruption of former governments and a precipitous fall in oil ... Middle East -
Europe must not turn a blind eye to Iran’s human rights abuses
Amnesty International has just published a 94-page report entitled “Caught in a web of repression: Iran’s human rights defenders under ... Features -
Abadi: We will not issue amnesty for the ‘murderous terrorists’
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asserted that Baghdad will not “pardon terrorists”. During his council of Ministers opening statement ... Middle East -
Amnesty International condemns travel ban on former head of Tehran University
Amnesty International has condemned a travel ban imposed by Iranian authorities on Dr. Mohammad Maleki, former president of Tehran University, ... Features -
Grief-stricken Indian returns home with newborn after burying wife in Riyadh
A young Indian worker, whose dreams turned into a nightmare after he landed in visa troubles for no fault of his, returned home cradling his ... Variety -
Hundreds queue up to benefit from amnesty in Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of expats with residency and labor violations thronged passport department (Jawazat) offices across the Kingdom on Wednesday, the first day ... Gulf -
Amnesty to Assad: ‘Reveal the truth about executions’
Amnesty said that the Syrian regime had executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings Middle East -
Syria’s suffering must remain on our conscience
The consequence of experiences like torture reach far beyond the immediate pain the victim feels while incarcerated Middle East -
Amnesty: Up to 13,000 executed at Syria jail in 4 years
Amnesty International says between 5,000 and 13,000 people were executed at Sednaya in the four years Middle East -
Amnesty: Iran must stop systematic repression of young people
Amnesty said that these horrific abuses practised by the Iranian regime against its citizens, violates human dignity and international law Middle East -
Hundreds forced out of Iraq’s Kirkuk after ISIS attack: Amnesty
Those displaced include an estimated 250 families who had fled to Kirkuk from other areas in Iraq Middle East -
Amnesty slams Hungary’s migrant ‘abuse’ ahead of vote
Hundreds of migrants and refugees have suffered physical abuse, illegal border pushbacks and unlawful detention at the hands of Hungarian authorities World News -
Amnesty condemns detention of Yazidi woman in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bassema Darwish, a 34-year-old mother, has been held without trial since October 2014 on charges of cooperating with ISIS Middle East -
‘The worst place on earth’: Inside Assad’s brutal Saydnaya prison
‘It breaks the human’: Torture, disease and death in Syria’s prisons documents crimes against humanity committed by government forces Features -
Syrian girl shot by sniper evacuated to hospital
Ghina Quwayder’s leg was shattered when she was shot by a government sniper at a checkpoint in the southwestern town earlier this month Middle East -
Amnesty: Women activists seen as ‘enemies of state’ in Iran crackdown
Tehran is carrying out harsh interrogations and increasingly likening any collective initiative relating to women’s rights to criminal activity Features -
Iranian Sunni cleric says executions may inflame regional tensions
Tehran says it was merely taking a tough stance on foreign-backed terrorism News -
Amnesty says has ‘credible evidence’ of torture of Turkey coup detainees
Amnesty International said it has “credible evidence” of abuse and torture of people detained in Turkey Middle East -
Iran is 'toying with lives' of political prisoners: Amnesty
Medical treatment withheld to punish prisoners or force them into making false confessions Son of jailed 76-year-old British businessman Kamal ... Reports -
Rebels, militants guilty of Syria war crimes: Amnesty
The report is based on 24 accounts of abduction by anti-regime groups between 2012 and 2016 and another five cases of torture Middle East -
Amnesty documents ‘horrifying’ abuse of migrants in Libya
An international rights group on Friday published “horrifying” accounts by migrants of exploitation and sexual abuse in Libya North Africa -
Houthis accused of ‘arrest’ and ‘torture’ of rivals
Amnesty says the Houthi clampdown is part of the militias’ campaign to defeat opposition in areas of Yemen under its control Middle East -
Amnesty: Syrian rebels maybe guilty of war crimes in Aleppo
Amnesty drew on eyewitness testimony and videos, and said at least 83 Kurdish civilians including 30 children had been killed by rebels Middle East -
Amnesty Italy urges Egypt to release legal advisor to Regeni’s family
Last week, a court in Cairo extended the pre-trial detention of Ahmad Abdullah for 15 days Features -
Egypt’s security forces disperse small protests against Sisi
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and arrested scores of people to disperse small protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, ... Middle East -
Amnesty International prepares to rally over Regeni’s death in Egypt
Cambridge University researcher Guilio Regeni was in Egypt when his body was found badly-mutilated and in a ditch on the outskirts of Cairo Middle East -
Russia extraditing Uzbeks to face ‘pervasive’ torture: Amnesty
The rights group accused Russia in a new report of being ‘partners in crime’ with Uzbekistan World News -
Eyewitness footage shows devastating barrel bomb attacks
The horror of living in a Syrian town that is being targeted by relentless barrel bombing by the Assad regime is the subject of a shocking video Middle East -
Why Amnesty has slammed the EU-Turkey refugee deal
The EU has said it will resettle one Syrian in a member state for every Syrian sent back to Turkey... Middle East