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Sectarian violence, divides on display in Lebanon as Beirut moves on General Amnesty Law
The drafted law, which aims to tackle Lebanon’s overwhelmed judicial systems and severely overcrowded prisons, would see sentences reduced and potentially thousands of prisoners released.
Iran's use of cluster munitions against Israel may be a war crime - Human Rights Watch
Turkey’s rearrest of fugitive revives mystery of Syrian defector’s disappearance
The Jewish passion for freedom and human rights was hijacked by the West - opinion
Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon
The substance is not banned as a chemical weapon, but it is prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons, to which Israel is not a signatory.
Uganda arrests 40 opposition supporters as their leader arrives
Jordan ends emergency laws that stifled public freedoms
This would mean a return to implementing many ordinary laws that were suspended as the government enacted many defense orders that touched every aspect of public life.
Israeli apartheid: A widespread lie difficult to fight - opinion
At its core, the apartheid lie depicts Jews who have returned to their ancestral homeland as “settler colonialists” and “foreign interlopers,” comparing them to South African whites during apartheid.
Israel is 'on rampage' against human rights, new HRW chief says
A planned overhaul of the judiciary by Israel's religious-nationalist government would be "a disaster" for human rights, HRW Executive Director Tirana Hassan said.
UAE arbitrarily detaining over 2000 Afghan evacuees - Human Rights Watch
Although the UAE has resettled the vast majority of the Afghan refugees they have sheltered, Human Rights Watch is charging the Gulf nation with arbitrarily detaining as many as 2700 for over a year.
Bahrain cancels Human Rights Watch parliament conference visas
Rights groups, including HRW, have criticized Bahrain for holding international events as a way of distracting from repression of political opposition
UN should follow up on China 'crimes against humanity' - report
Previous bids for China to face a UN debate have failed.
Harvard University has capitulated to antisemitism - opinion
Harvard has not only exposed its cowardice. It has also contributed to the growth of systemic antisemitism on its campus and campuses across the US.
Ukraine: Russia sending civilians through landmine fields to find safe routes
Russian forces reportedly send civilians into Ukrainian minefields to find safe routes to Ukrainian positions. * This comes as Human Rights Watch condemned Ukraine's landmine use.
