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Despite the challenges, human rights defenders across the Middle East and North Africa are continuing their battle for civil rights in the face of increasing oppression.
Three protesters are said to have been killed and 73 injured in heavy clashes with security forces in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah.
Anti-zionism isn't anti-semitism, Facebook should make the distinction
Comment: Facebook is considering classing anti-Zionism as a kind of hate speech. Doing so would be detrimental to Palestinians and Jews alike, writes Mitchell Plitnick.
Families of Beirut blast victims: Judge removal politicized
Families of the victims and survivors have accused the ruling political class of corruption and negligence that led to the explosion of ammonium ...
Libya: Ten years after uprising, abusive militias evade justice
It is the 10-year anniversary of the overthrowing of Gaddafi, and not much as changed, Amnesty International argues.
How human traffickers are exploiting Covid-19 in North Africa
In-depth: Human trafficking has been pushed deeper into the shadows by the pandemic, with criminal gangs exploiting the economic fallout from Covid-19.
In first, Iraq arrests four suspects in protest killings
It is unclear whether the accused are linked to powerful paramilitary forces alleged to be involved in the killing of some 600 protesters.
HRW accuses Australia of 'blocking' justice for Palestinians
Human Rights Watch condemned remarks by Australia's Foreign Minister saying that the country did not recognise the International Criminal ...
Families of detainees detail vision for justice in Syria
Syrian families, who lost members inside Bashar Al-Assad’s prisons, have laid out their plans to seek justice and called for the fates of those ...
Lebanon's Hariri and France's Macron discuss Lebanese crisis
Macron has been spearheading international efforts to rescue Lebanon from its deepest crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.
With Lokman Slim's assassination, Lebanon sinks further into impunity
Comment: While Lokman Slim's killing may not lead to accountability, it will certainly not silence his comrades, writes Cilina Nasser.
ICC probe is first real test for Biden administration
Comment: If he is to rebuild trust with Palestinians, Biden must not stand in the way of the ICC investigation into Israeli war crimes, writes ...
Israel panics after ICC pledges to investigate 'war crimes'
The foreign ministry sent a classified cable to Israeli ambassadors for them to ask for support around the world against the ICC ruling
Lokman Slim: The daring Lebanese activist, admired intellectual
The death of writer, intellectual and activist Lokman Slim shocked Lebanon.
ICC ruling heralds war crimes probe in Palestinian territories
The ICC ruled that it had jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for a war crimes probe.
Mass grave discovery highlights Iraq's impunity gap
Comment: One-sided justice in Iraq will not serve anyone's interests. Impunity for abusive security forces needs to end, writes Human Rights Watch's Belkis Wille.
Amnesty, HRW call for investigation into Lokman Slim's killing
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch deplored the murder of Lokman Slim and urged for Lebanese authorities to implement a thorough ...
Yazidi victims of IS massacres receive burial in Iraq
Members of the Yazidi community will gather for a burial ceremony to honour 104 victims, as many more await identification.
The Iraq Report: Feared IS leader killed in raid
The Islamic State's most powerful operative in Iraq has been killed by counter-terrorism and security forces, striking a serious blow to the ...
Tripoli's working class lives matter
Comment: Tripoli and its revolutionary youth must resist a reality in which their deaths are seen as an affordable crime by the ruling class, ...
US 'outraged' as Pakistan court upholds acquittal
Following the failure of an appeal against the acquittal of the mastermind behind Daniel Pearls’ kidnapping and murder, the White House has ...
Amnesty slams France over weapons used against Lebanon protesters
Amnesty International has condemned French sales of law enforcement weapons to Lebanon, saying they had played a ‘shameful’ role in suppressing ...
Why Tunisia's disenfranchised youth are taking to the streets
In-depth: A groundswell of youth unrest has swept across Tunisia, fuelled by economic frustration and the broken promises of the post-revolution ...
Syria chemical weapons disarmament report 'incomplete': UN official
UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu said Syria's recent submission 'cannot be considered accurate and complete'.
The UN has criticised a US decision to pardon contractors involved in the killing of Iraqi citizens.
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