Iraq’s parliament speaker warned Monday that human rights violations are putting the country’s fragile democracy at risk, the latest pronouncement in a rapidly developing sectarian spat that threatens to destabilize the country after U.S. troops pulled…Continue Reading

Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi slammed the human rights situation in Iraq on Monday, arguing that “massive” violations were destroying its democracy just as it grapples with a festering political row.Continue Reading

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's government on Sunday denied accusations from human rights groups that it was trying to smother some of the ruling military council's most vocal opponents when it raided the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations …Continue Reading

Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi slammed the human rights situation in Iraq on Monday, arguing that “massive” violations were destroying its democracy just as it grapples with a festering political row.Continue Reading

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's government on Sunday denied accusations from human rights groups that it was trying to smother some of the ruling military council's most vocal opponents when it raided the offices of 17 non-governmental organisations …Continue Reading

Ireland is to seek election to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first time, based on its commitment to justice and peace, Enda Kenny said.Continue Reading

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Friday police raids of pro-democracy and human rights groups’ offices in Egypt amounted to an “open demonstration of force” and urged the authorities to support civil society. Egyptian prosecutors and pol…Continue Reading

Saudi reform advocates have staged several protests since mid-December, 2011, despite a categorical ban on protests issued last March.. In Riyadh, Buraida, and Qatif, security forces immediately arrested the prote…Continue Reading

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian prosecutors and police raided offices of 17 pro-democracy and human rights groups on Thursday – drawing criticism from the United States which hinted it could review its $1.3 billion in annual military aid. The official MENA …Continue Reading