Category: 3. Middle East

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Monday accused the international community of failing to uphold its responsibilities toward the Palestinian people in Gaza, saying that states…

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) said today that the British government’s reception of the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog, reflects the blatant political hypocrisy of the…

Videos show Nepal’s parliament on fire as protests continue, with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and other top ministers resigning over mass anti-corruption unrest that left at least 19 people dead.

Pro-Palestinian activists stormed the offices of the Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems in the German city of Ulm on Monday evening, causing extensive damage, according to Israeli media.

Israel’s public…

By Nafisa Eltahir

AL-DABBA, Sudan (Reuters) -As the siege by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces tightens around al-Fashir, the few able to pay to escape describe living under constant shelling and negotiating violence at checkpoints to get out of a city…

Activists on a Gaza aid flotilla that alleged it was targeted by a “drone attack” off Tunisia overnight said Tuesday they remained “determined” to reach the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

The flotilla organisers had said late Monday that one…

The Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for the residents of the entire Gaza City on Tuesday morning and warned against a major attack as part of an occupation plan, Anadolu reports.

Israeli forces dropped…

By Emma Farge

GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations said on Tuesday it was seeking $139.6 million to help half a million people affected by earthquakes that struck eastern Afghanistan, and it urged donors to set aside any reservations about the…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered authorities on Tuesday to study a petition for a presidential pardon for prominent rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, the state-affiliated human rights council said.

Sisi “directed the relevant…