Suicide of Iranian opposition figure Kianoosh Sanjari November 16, 2024 The US special envoy to Iran and international rights groups blamed Iranian authorities on Friday for the suicide of Iranian journalist and...
Crackdown on press freedom intensifies on Iran November 10, 2024 President Masoud Pezeshkian's government has intensified its crackdown on the press, with the Defending Free Flow of Information in Iran...
Calls to stop violations against journalists in Yemen November 03, 2024 45 organizations within the Justice Charter Coalition said that journalism in Yemen is going through the worst phase in its history. For a ...
Iranian reporters still behind bars August 09, 2023 Iranian authorities have questioned or arrested over 90 journalists since nationwide protests rocked the Islamic Republic last year, local...
Houthi Violations against Journalists during Yemen's Truce March 13, 2023 Saudi and Yemeni human rights groups taking part at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva shed light on the violations c...
UN warns of grave violations under Taliban September 19, 2022 In his first report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett catal...
Turkish lawyers under siege December 14, 2021 The Detained Lawyers Initiative, a civilian group that defends lawyers in Turkish prisons, has released a new report showing that the Turkis...
Journalists at risk under Somalia's outgoing president November 23, 2021 Somali militant group, al-Shabab on Saturday evening claimed responsibility for killing Abdiazizi Guled aka Africa, the Director of state-ow...
Turkey, the largest jailor of journalists June 27, 2021 Journalists have been rounded up and imprisoned to a level that makes Turkey the largest jailor of journalists in the world, according to Am...
Somalia struggles for freedom June 02, 2021 Somalia's current constitutional crisis arose because President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who interestingly holds a dual Somali-United ...
Press freedom, a distant dream in Turkey May 06, 2021 Since the discussions of withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention in Turkey began, women, including women reporters, are susceptible to thre...
Turkey’s genocidal past and ongoing human rights violations April 25, 2021 Turkey is a dictatorship that harshly penalizes citizens for criticizing the military, the Turkish nation, president, government institution...
Popular Turkish actor probed over president's insult April 20, 2021 As part of a sustained brutal campaign against freedom of expression, Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into legendary Tu...
Calls for rescuing Yemeni journalists April 13, 2021 A group of Yemeni journalists who survived years of torture in Houthi prisons are calling on the international community to pressure the reb...
26 Turks detained over PKK links February 14, 2021 Turkish police forces detained 26 suspects over alleged links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and another suspect for alleg...
Turkey takes a dangerous path February 02, 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has exploited a conflict with Kurdish insurgents and a failed coup to win elections and wage a brut...
Turkey saw Five journalists arrested during 1st week of 2021 January 21, 2021 In the first 15 days of 2021, five journalists critical of the government were attacked in front of their homes in Turkey's capital. Amo...
Opposition calls on Erdogan to stop repression of journalists January 20, 2021 The Turkish regime has been lambasted in Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2021 for using the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its assault on h...
The UAE Continues to Inspire the Region October 07, 2020 Ahead of other Western and Eastern nations, the UAE has retained its position as the top country where Arab youth would like to live and wan...
Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood October 05, 2020 Turkey’s Islamist-based foreign policy under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has left Ankara’s ties with the Arab world in shambles. His poli...