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The Human Rights Commission, a government group, issued a statement outlining their commitment to improving human rights conditions in Saudi Arabia.
Some of the progress includes a multi-faith dialogue recently held in New York, sponsored by King Abdullah.
One of the most significant involvements of HRC is perhaps its intervention in court cases that are relevant to [...]
New York-based, Human Rights Watch, said in a report released today that the failure of Turkey’s government to prosecute police officers has resulted in an increase of police violence. There have been at least 28 reported cases of such violence since 2007, including excessive force and even shootings of demonstrators. While reforms aimed at gaining [...]
Human rights organizations around the world have praised Lebanon’s recent ruling in the case of Muhammad Mugraby, a prominent human rights lawyer. Mugraby was on trial for slander following his 2003 speech in which he openly and harshly criticized the Lebanese government’s policies, focusing particularly on the violent suppression of political dissent and the use [...]
It is well-known internationally that Iran has a draconian legal system that lags behind the rest of the world in current human rights standards. Punishment for some crimes includes, “amputation of limbs, eye gouging, stoning to death, and throwing prisoners off a cliff in a sac,” noted an article on Iranfocus.com. The combination Islamic law [...]
As reported in Turkish news recently, Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York, will be featured in a documentary about Turkish and Romanian orphanages that will air in the United Kingdom. Turkish officials note that the timing of the documentary’s airing is political–the European Union is about to release its report on Turkey’s progress toward EU [...]
Iran continues to violate the rights of its own citizens in an attempt to minimize opposition to the conservative Islamic Republic. Following the imprisonment women rights’ activist, Esha Momeni, Mohammad Sadeq Kaboudvand has been convicted “of acting against national security and propagating against the ruling Islamic establishment,” according to Iranfocus.com. Kaboudvand founded the Human Rights [...]
As reported by the Associated Press, Turkish officials made a rare move in apologizing for the brutal murder of an inmate in a Turkish prison. Engin Ceber, a protester for human rights, was taken into custody, while being beaten, and was beaten while in prison. Over a period of time, his body was not able [...]
The death of a pregnant woman in Egypt during a police raid on her home in a town south of Cairo has caused a backlash in Egypt with crowds attacking police, using clubs and stones. According to the BBC, the woman was pushed down by police when she did not allow them to enter her [...]
After serving a five-months of his prison term for writing critical statements about the government and president of Yemen, journalist Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani was granted a presidential pardon. The country has a long history of not respecting freedom of press or expression. While in prison, Al-Khaiwani was to be given an award by the President of [...]
The Turkish Daily News reports that a judge in Istanbul acquitted a British citizen of insulting the prime minister of Turkey, noting the country is trying very hard to protect the same freedoms of expression that are considered fundamental in European society. For the past 2 years, Michael Dickinson, has been in trials over a [...]