3200 Palestinians have been detained by the Israeli authorities since the beginning of the year, the Palestinian Prisoners' Center for Studies (PPCS) said on Wednesday in a press statement.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), those expecting registration and processing in the facilities “are being held in abysmal conditions,” as footage from inside the camp obtained by the watchdog has revealed.
The UN's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion has visited Bangladesh to look into the recent murders of four writers who had been labelled atheists by conservative religious groups.
US defense chief Ash Carter said Thursday the Pentagon is examining
domestic sites to transfer detainees currently held without any trials
at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid unrelenting opposition
from local officials and lawmakers.
Egypt has sharply responded to western criticism of its newly-ratified counter-terrorism law, saying that foreign critics have misunderstood the law, and calling for Egypt's right to self-determination to be respected.
US Secretary of State John Kerry declared a new era in relations with Cuba as the Stars and Stripes flag was raised on the island, but stark differences remain between the two countries over issues such as democracy and human rights.
As many as 200,000 Korean women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, but Kim Bok-dong is not hopeful that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to apologize.
Israel moved a Palestinian hunger striker who has not eaten for over 50 days to a different hospital Monday, officials said, sparking concern that authorities are preparing to force feed him.
Israel's parliament has passed into law the ability to force-feed prisoners on hunger strike, a move that had met vehement opposition from the country's medical association.
UN, 28 July 2015 – An increasing number of people in Iraq, including families with children and the elderly, have increasingly encountered deadly ambushes as they try to escape areas controlled the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levan (ISIL) by risking their lives on a treacherous mountain journey to safety, the United Nations human rights office reported today.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted in favor of a resolution concerning the grave human rights situation in Syria and reaffirmed that terrorism, including the actions of Daesh, cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization.
A report compiled by four universities published Monday strongly criticized the organization of Spain's internment camps where illegal immigrants are kept for a maximum of 60 days, comparing them to "prisons.
Israel's navy boarded and took over an activist vessel “Freedom Flotilla III” seeking to break its Gaza blockade and was escorting it to port on Monday in an operation that did not use force, the Israeli military said.
The Third Gaza Freedom Flotilla has left Greece's Crete Island and is expected to come close to the shores of Gaza within four days, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said in an official statement Saturday.
One more South Korean victim of sex slavery for Japan's Imperial Army during the World War II has passed away, leaving the living victims at 49, an advocacy group for the South Korean victims said Thursday.
DHARAMSHALA: The National Constitution Center, based in Philadelphia, United States, has announced that Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will receive the 2015 Liberty Medal in recognition of his advocacy for human rights worldwide.
Japanese academics Monday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to renew apologies for the country's imperialist past and offer to compensate victims of its wartime brothel system, in the latest intervention from educationalists.
Human
Rights Watch on Thursday urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to add
Israel to an annual "List of Shame" of children's rights violators,
after more than 500 children were killed in the war in Gaza last year.
