Human Rights

Egypt’s President Sisi visited New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly a few weeks ago, and just this weekend was the host for the donors’ conference on rebuilding Gaza.

CIA Pakistan drone campaign reported to have killed nearly five times more people under Obama than under Bush

The United States expresses deep concern regarding reports that Sudanese security forces arrested dozens of political activists and civil society leaders

Number of postings, some of which accuse Muslims of being rapists, paedophiles and comparable to cancer, has increased significantly

Tunisia’s military court imposed prison sentences on a union leader and a blogger for speech offenses, even though neither was present for his trial. This is not worthy of the new Tunisia.

The arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman on 28 December marks a further step in the confrontation between a part of the opposition and the authorities of the Kingdom of Bahrain

Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects

The Mubarak verdict and Sisi's crackdown have put the Muslim Brotherhood and the revolutionaries back on the same side. But that won't be enough to heal old wounds.

Deeb had good reason to fear for his life. He was among 45 prisoners squashed into the back of a tiny, sweltering police truck parked in the forecourt of Abu Zaabal prison, just north-east of Cairo.

Adly Mansour and now Abdel Fatah al-Sisi are ruling by decrees, banning protest and severely curbing freedom of speech