UK authorities arrested a peaceful demonstrator during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s London’s visit on charges of conspiracy to threaten. The arrested activist claims the British authorities acted beyond their mandate in arresting him, searching his […]
A critical vote to guard sex workers’ human rights was passed yesterday at the decision-making forum of Amnesty International, the International Council Meeting (ICM) in Dublin. Delegates from the world over adopted a decision that […]
Hot on the heels of recent revelations that the U.S. Government has been spying on members of several foreign governments and organizations, comes allegations the British Government has spied on various rights groups including the […]
Saudi Arabia continues to come under fire for human rights abuses, as a new report by human rights advocate Amnesty International has claimed airstrikes in Yemen by Saudi Arabian lead coalition forces showed a pattern […]
In a sickening display of human rights abuses, Saudi Arabia’s supreme court upheld a sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail against blogger Raef Badawi. The charges are for insulting Islam. “This is […]
Respected human rights group Amnesty International has launched a campaign to get President Obama to withdraw espionage charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Amnesty has stepped up its campaign to get the charges against him […]
Longtime American ally Saudi Arabia is coming under intense pressure over human rights abuses related to its exceedingly cruel use of the death penalty. Yesterday five foreigners were beheaded in the city of Jeddah, Saudi […]