A Palestinian human rights group released new details Monday about a Gazan man who vanished on a Ukrainian train and resurfaced in an Israeli prison, saying that he was dragged out of his sleeper car, hooded and handcuffed by Israeli agents, forced ont…Continue Reading

Bahraini security forces briefly detained the outspoken head of the country’s main human rights group on Sunday, days after a crackdown that drove mainly Shi’ite protesters off the streets.Continue Reading

MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces detained the outspoken head of the main human rights group early on Sunday, a colleague said, days after a crackdown that drove mainly Shi’ite protesters off the street.Continue Reading

President Barack Obama will visit the tomb of slain Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero during his visit to El Salvador next week, a gesture that some say is U.S. recognition of the slain human rights activist’s cause.Continue Reading

The United States on Friday disavowed torture and pledged to treat terror suspects humanely, but set aside calls to drop the death penalty, as the United Nations carried out its first review of Washington’s human rights record.Continue Reading