Human Rights

Egypt’s president has a simple solution for activists who protest against his draconian laws criminalising public assembly. Jail them.

Weak Monitoring Failing Workers at Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island

THE EGYPTIAN regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi again demonstrated its violent and cynical nature last weekend

Human Rights a Path Out of Crisis and Chaos

John Kiriakou is the only CIA employee to go to prison in connection with the agency’s torture program. Not because he tortured anyone, but because he revealed information on torture to a reporter.

Only 30 of the 104 people reported killed in drone strikes in Pakistan this year have been identified

Domestic buildings have been hit by drone strikes more than any other type of target in the CIA’s 10-year campaign in the tribal regions of northern Pakistan, new research reveals.

Wednesday's deadly attack against a French satirical publication has the potential to upset relations between European states and their Muslim citizenries. The strategic intent behind such attacks is precisely to sow this kind of crisis, as well as to influence French policy and recruit more jihadists. Even though Islamist extremism is, at its core, an intra-Muslim conflict, such incidents will draw in non-Muslims, exacerbating matters.

Why U.S. Officials Cited Israel to Justify Torture

Egyptians are losing freedoms they fought hard to win