Bahrainis and Saudis lick their wounds as they mark Human Rights Day

Today marks the Human Rights Day. It is the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the UN in 1948 and is a ...

UN Committee Against Torture Condemns Israel’s “De Facto State Policy” of Organized Torture

In a landmark report issued on November 28, 2025, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) delivered a scathing condemnation of I...

UN Committee Against Torture Censures Bahrain Over Systemic Use of Torture and Repression of Dissent

  In its latest concluding observations released on November 28, 2025, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) issued serious con...

Testimony of freed Palestinian prisoners

Testimony of recently freed Palestinian captive Khaled Barakat from Sde Teiman prison camp, as documented by the Palestinian Center for Pris...

Ten Italian jurists issue formal warning to government over Israeli military and defense cooperation

10 jurists urged the Italian government last week to withdraw from the Memorandum of Understanding on military and defense cooperation with ...

UN Commission of Inquiry Report: "More than can be tolerated"... Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Is an Israeli Tool of War

  UN Investigation Report Reveals Israeli War Crimes Against Palestinians A recent United Nations investigative report has unveiled alarming...

Red Cross personnel expressed outrage over the way the Israel Prison Service treats released Palestinian prisoners

The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed its anger on Saturday over the way Israel treated Palestinian prisoners during their...

US contractor held liable for torture, with jury awarding $42m to Abu Ghraib survivors

A United States defense contractor must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, a US federal jury has ruled. The...

Leaked scenes from Israel's Megiddo prison reveal abuse of Palestinian prisoners

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz published leaked footage from the security wing of Megiddo Prison showing the abuse of Palestinian prisoners a...

What should happen to US citizens accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel?

 With the storming of the prison where Israeli troops who were said to have tortured and sexually abused Palestinian detainees and their rel...

US government's reaction to "Welcome to Hell" report: "We support an investigation by the Israeli military into abuses committed by its soldiers against Palestinian detainees"

The White House said reports of rape , torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees by the Israeli military are "deeply disturbing,...

B’Tselem Report on on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons: “Welcome to Hell”

“Welcome to Hell” is a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023. B’Tselem col...

Media Reporting, Revealed: first picture of war on terror detainee in CIA black site

The Guardian newspaper published today a report about CIA black sites where suspects were held and interrogated. Here are some excerpts fro...

Israel is Torturing Palestinians to Death in Inhumane Detention Centers

Describing detention centers as "Guantanamo Israel", The "Washington Post" documents horrific testimonies of violations ...

US doctors calling for cease-fire: Gaza casualties may exceed 92,000

A group of  45 American volunteer doctors and nurses signed an open letter addressed to US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Har...

On the US Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity and its impact on human rights

The US high court ruling on the presidential immunity is now being processed and spun as political matter. When partisan fervor settles do...

Aljazeera exclusive photos show Israeli security and armed forces using Palestinian prisoners as human shields

Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive new images showing the Israeli occupation army using Palestinian prisoners as human shields during the fi...

UN: Evidence of crimes against humanity of extermination, gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys, murder, forcible transfer, and torture and inhuman and cruel treatment

The UN Independent International Commission Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found evidence of crimes against humanity of exter...

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