News Jan 15, 2018 Bahrain court upholds jail sentence against rights activist Rajab (Reuters) – Bahrain’s top court on Monday upheld a two-year prison sentence imposed last year by a lower tribunal on rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab over comments he was alleged to…
News Jan 11, 2018 Ethiopia top opposition figure gets prison time for contempt (ABC News) – One of Ethiopia’s most prominent opposition politicians has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court along with three others after they sang a protest song during proceedings.
News Jan 10, 2018 Tunisia protests: Why are people taking to the streets? (CNN) – Demonstrators have taken to the streets in a number of Tunisian cities this week, calling for the government to scrap new austerity measures which include a hike in fuel prices and taxes on goods.
News Jan 9, 2018 Tunisia’s Opposition Urges More Protests (U.S. News & World Report) – Tunisia’s main opposition party on Tuesday called for protests to continue until the government scraps its “unjust” 2018 budget including price and tax hikes, a day after one demonstrator was killed in clashes.
News Jan 9, 2018 Iran protests: 3,700 people were arrested during Iran protests (CNN) – Roughly 3,700 people were arrested during recent anti-government protests in Iran, one of the country’s lawmakers claimed on Tuesday.
News Jan 8, 2018 Egypt to hold presidential election March 26-28 (The Washington Post) – The chairman of Egypt’s election commission said Monday that the presidential election will be held March 26-28, with a runoff in April.
News Jan 5, 2018 UN experts urge Iran to respect rights of protesters (CNN) – UN human rights experts urged Iranian authorities to respect the rights of protesters and voiced concern over Tehran’s restriction of social messaging services in a joint statement issued Friday by the UN agency for human rights.
News Jan 2, 2018 ‘Worrying’ clampdown on human rights: UN condemns Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia faces new calls to release the dozens of people detained since September in what has been condemned as a “worrying” clampdown on human rights.
News Jan 2, 2018 Iran protests and death toll grow as tension rises (The Washington Post) – Anti-government protests in Iran flared on more fronts Tuesday with clashes that left at least nine people dead, state media reported, as leaders in Tehran struggled to respond to the most serious internal crisis in nearly a decade.
News Dec 6, 2017 What happens when sport and politics collide in Iran (BBC) – As Iranian sports fans sat down to watch the 2018 Fifa World Cup draw from Moscow last Friday, it was not just the fate of the their national team that was on their minds.
News Nov 21, 2017 HRF to Nelly: Drop men-only concert in dictatorial Saudi Arabia On December 14, 2017, Nelly is scheduled to take part in a men-only concert sponsored by the Saudi dictatorship’s General Authority for Entertainment.
News Nov 15, 2017 Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab to face trial over Nile comments Jokes about the Nile are as old as the river itself, but one Egyptian pop singer has been told she will stand trial after joking about disease in the famous waterway.
News Nov 13, 2017 Holding chess championship in Saudi Arabia is a ‘horrible’ move, top players say (The Telegraph) – A raft of top players have now revealed they will boycott the blitz and rapid event, one of the most exciting in the chess calendar, over concerns about safety and human rights in the ultra-conservative regime.
Press Release Nov 13, 2017 Bahrain Dissolves Opposition Group; Escalates Crackdown on Dissidents NEW YORK (November 13, 2017) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the ongoing crackdown against Bahrain’s opposition voices.
News Nov 6, 2017 The Saudi crown prince just made a very risky power play Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he’s cracking down on corruption. But the sweeping arrests of cabinet ministers and senior princes Saturday night looked to many astonished Arab observers like a bold but risky consolidation of power.
News Oct 27, 2017 UN finds Syrian regime responsible for gas attack on rebel-held town Medical staff at Damascus Countryside specialised hospital hold placards condemning a suspected chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun.
News Oct 26, 2017 BBC appeals to UN over Iran’s crackdown on journalists The BBC’s director general has accused Iran of “unprecedented collective punishment” as the corporation appealed to the UN over crackdowns on Iranian employees of its London-based Persian service.
News Oct 26, 2017 Bahraini Appeals Court Confirms Dissolution of Wa’ad 26 October 2017 – Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals has today confirmed the asset seizure and dissolution of Wa’ad (also known as the National Democratic Action Society), the country’s largest secular, leftist opposition group.
News Oct 26, 2017 Analysis: The Political Impasse Over Syria’s Disappeared AFTER BEING TORTURED in a Syrian detention center, journalist and human rights activist Mazen Darwish was left for dead.
News Oct 25, 2017 After Four Years in Egypt Jail, Ibrahim Halawa is Home Arrested in August 2013 along with hundreds more, Ibrahim went on trial for an alleged role in violence during protests in Cairo—charges he, witnesses, and his lawyers, all denied. He is finally returning home after being acquitted.
