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(New York) – Elections for the United Nations Human Rights Council on May 20, 2011, fell short of the General Assembly’s intention that states should compete for membership based on their records, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN General Assembly …Continue Reading

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Egypt’s police, whose credibility was shattered for using excessive force against anti-government protesters who toppled President Hosni Mubarak from power, will give more focus to human rights, the government said on Friday.Continue Reading

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(Berlin) – Germany should use the visit to Berlin by Uzbekistan’s deputy foreign minister on May 24 through 26, 2011, to press for concrete improvements in human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Germany should make clear to the Uzbek government t…Continue Reading

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By James Lynch, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa press officer

Taha Hussein was the first to express his fury at media reports of a possible “deal” that would allow Hosni Mubarak to avoid prosecution in return for a full …Continue Reading