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130 Palestinians injured as Israeli forces confront protests
More than 130 people have been injured in clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police on Saturday. Israeli police officers...
UAE official’s candidacy for Interpol president draws outcry
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) official's candidacy for president of Interpol has stirred human rights concerns. Human Rights Watch and...
Gitmo inmate goes to U.N. to sue U.S., allies over rights abuses at CIA black sites
In an extraordinary case, a Palestinian inmate kept prisoner at the Gunatanamo Bay without a court mandate has asked a...
US Senate bill seeks to address Turkey’s human rights abuses
A group of US senators have introduced a new legislation to address Turkey's growing human rights abuses, a move that...
US senators move to ban arms sales to rights violating countries
The United States must stop selling weapons to foreign governments that have a record of violating human rights, a group...
HRW goes for jugular, accuses Israel of apartheid, crimes against humanity
The Human Rights Watch on Tuesday put out its most comprehensive report on the way Israel treats the people of...
Rights experts call US police killings of blacks ‘crimes against humanity’
An international group of human rights experts has concluded in a damning report that the recent killings of Black people...
‘Executed’: US police deputies shot black man in back of head
Attorneys representing the family of a Black man recently killed by deputies in North Carolina say body camera footage confirms...
Top rights groups urge Biden to halt Egypt military aid
A number of major human rights groups have called on US President Joe Biden to halt military aid to Egypas...
U.N. rights chief: Floyd’s killing shows extent of systemic racism in U.S.
The United Nations human rights chief says the court ruling against the White police officer who killed George Floyd is...
