Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been “rigged and invalid”.Continue Reading
Switzerland endorsed Sunday a far-right push to automatically expel foreign residents convicted of certain crimes, to the dismay of critics who described it as a “dark day for human rights.”Continue Reading
Hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched Sunday to protest against criticism by Spain’s opposition Popular Party of alleged human rights abuses in the disputed Western Sahara.Continue Reading
Morocco rejects a probe into violent clashes between its security forces and residents of Western Sahara by the United Nations, its foreign minister said in an interview published on Saturday.Continue Reading
Moroccan security forces repeatedly beat and abused people they detained during disturbances in Western Sahara earlier this month, Human Rights Watch said Friday.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch urged Moroccan authorities on Friday to stop what it called the mistreatment of Sahrawi detainees arrested after a deadly clash earlier this month in the disputed Western Sahara desert territory.Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch urged Moroccan authorities on Friday to stop what it called the mistreatment of Sahrawi detainees arrested after a deadly clash earlier this month in the disputed Western Sahara desert territory.Continue Reading
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Libya next week to receive a human rights prize dedicated to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, his office said on Friday.Continue Reading
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Libya next week to receive a human rights prize dedicated to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, his office said on Friday.Continue Reading
Venezuela’s human rights groups are raising concerns over pending legislation backed by President Hugo Chavez that would bar non-governmental organizations from receiving foreign funding.Continue Reading
European Union President Herman Van Rompuy held talks Thursday with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and called for tighter cooperation on human rights, terrorism and nuclear issues.Continue Reading
Two international human rights bodies on Wednesday condemned a one-year jail sentence handed to a prominent Kuwaiti writer for criticising the prime minister and called for his immediate release.Continue Reading
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
A jailed Kazakh human rights activists says authorities are improperly interfering with his attempts to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading