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Saudi Arabian authorities have detained five relatives of a US citizen, rights groups said on Wednesday, arguing that the detentions were retaliation for his family's failed lawsuit against the...

A number of former US ambassadors have called on President Joe Biden to "immediately suspend all U.S. assistance to the Tunisian government" as a result of Kais Saied's coup...

Egypt should release the detained academic Salah Soltan who is at risk of death and ensure he has access to life-saving health care, 51 human rights organisations have said...

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have joined 40 other rights groups to express their "deep concern" over the UAE's "sustained assault on human rights and freedoms" as the Gulf...

According to Democracy for the Arab Now (DAWN), six renowned Saudi judges and four former justices have been accused of "high treason" and now face the death penalty.

An Egyptian prisoner has died in Zagazig Police Station due to the conditions of his detention, including a lack of adequate medical attention. According to Democracy for the Arab...

The International Monetary Fund's new loan agreement with Egypt leaves the economic rights of millions unprotected, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and DAWN have said. The $3 billion loan is...

Saudi Arabia extended the prison sentence for activist, Mohammed al-Rabiah, right before the end of the term he is serving, sparing criticism by human rights organisations. Authorities arrested Al-Rabiah...

The US State Department has been urged to withhold American taxpayers' money from the notorious Israeli Netzah Yehuda Battalion, and to subject the group to Leahy Laws. Leahy Amendments,...

A senior Israeli army officer should be investigated by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, an NGO has demanded. Democracy for the Arab World...

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) has called on the US State Department to take urgent action to sanction Egyptian government officials involved in spying on critics of...

The human rights organisation DAWN has once again called on the Egyptian government to release Abdullah Boumediene who was forcibly disappeared from Sinai when he was just 12 years...