Personal Tales of Love, Divorce and Guardianship in Saudi Arabia
Tasneem Alsultan was married for four years before she confided in others what she had known for a long time: her marriage wasn’t how a…
Human Rights
Ilham Aliyev openly and harshly criticized the West
“This is a direct accusation of me of committing a crime; I can sue those people who wrote it” The resolution adopted last year by…
Demands of schools in native language in South Azerbaijan
South Azerbaijani activists in Iran, given the approach of the new school year, launched a campaign with the demands of the establishment of schools for…
Egypt needs to enact penalties for female circumcision
A leading international rights group on Friday called on Egypt to enact new and harsher legal penalties for the widespread practice of female genital mutilation….
Sex slavery via WhatsApp
Is slavery making a comeback? International law is clear that slavery is never allowed, anywhere, any time. Yet the best estimates suggest that 45.8 million…
25 Palestinian journalists are Israeli prisoners
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Israel is currently detaining 25 Palestinian journalists, seven of whom are imprisoned under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or…
Nearly 75,000 Syrians ‘forcibly disappeared’ since 2011
The Syrian Network for Human Rights has revealed that it has documented 74,607 cases of enforced disappearance across Syria since the outbreak of the revolution…
Anti-burkini law in France would worsen tension: Interior Minister
It would be “unconstitutional” for France to pass a law banning the “burkini” and such a move may cause irreparable harm, French Interior Minister Bernard…
Saudi coalition air strikes kill most civilians in Yemen, Houthis also violate law – UN
The United Nations called on Thursday for the creation of an independent international body to investigate an array of serious violations in war-torn Yemen. In…
British MPs call for rebrand of Prevent counter-extremism strategy
The British government should review and rebrand its Prevent counter-extremism strategy and engage more widely with Muslim communities to address “toxic” levels of mistrust, a…