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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi delivers a speech during a meeting with Pope Francis in the capital Cairo on April 28, 2017 (AFP/Andreas Solaro)
May 30, 2017, 2:32 pm
Egypt president approves contentious NGO law
Condemned by UN, new restrictions require a 'national authority' to oversee the foreign funding of non-governmental organizations
By AFP
US President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and other officials pose for a group photo during the Arabic Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP/ MANDEL NGAN)
May 22, 2017, 3:06 am
Trump lavishes praise on Saudis, but silent on human rights
Absence of any public reference by president to kingdom's treatment of women, political opponents during visit is jarring
By Julie Pace and Vivian Salama
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with then Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a bilateral meeting, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 21, 2017, 7:08 pm
Human rights concerns prove no obstacle in Trump-Saudi ties
Massive arms deal shows US puts national security and economic ties over rights record, Yemen war, says Human Rights Watch
By Aya Batrawy
US President Donald Trump (R) and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN)
May 21, 2017, 10:26 am
Trump meets with Arab leaders ahead of major Islam speech
Phrase 'radical Islamic terrorism' not in draft of address to Muslim leaders; text refrains from addressing human rights, democracy
By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace
The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho (screen capture: KTVB.com)
May 10, 2017, 5:13 pm
Idaho memorial to Anne Frank vandalized
Anti-Semitic and racial slurs written over engraving of Declaration of Human Rights, causing $20,000 worth of damage
By JTA
Ben Emmerson, Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), speaks during a press conference held in Riyadh on May 4, 2017, at the end of a visit to Saudi Arabia. (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
May 4, 2017, 10:55 pm
UN expert seeks urgent review of Saudi terrorism law
Envoy says prosecution of journalists and human rights defenders unacceptable by international standards
By IAN TIMBERLAKE
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American aid worker at the White House in Washington, DC, April 21, 2017. Hijazi was flown back to the US April 20 following three years of captivity in Egypt. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
April 22, 2017, 8:04 am
Trump meets freed US-Egyptian aid worker at White House
Aya Hijazi was held in Egypt for three years pending trial on 'arbitrary' charges
By AFP
Flags of member nations flying in front of United Nations headquarters in New York, September 25, 2015. (Michael Gottschalk/Photothek via Getty Images)
April 20, 2017, 10:20 pm
UN council accredits religious rights group stalled by panel
Despite opposition of numerous countries, Christian Solidarity Worldwide receives consultative status after campaign by UK
By Edith M. Lederer
Aya Hijazi, center, a dual US-Egyptian citizen, is acquitted by an Egyptian court after nearly three years of detention over accusations related to running a foundation dedicated to helping street children, in Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Mohamed el Raai)
April 19, 2017, 4:06 pm
US woman released from Egypt prison after 3 years
Aya Hijazi, who helped street children, acquitted of abuse charges that human rights groups and US officials dismissed as bogus
By AP
April 13, 2017, 3:07 pm
Despite the UN, human rights matter
Focusing on the particular is a recipe for racism, whereas prioritizing the universal may prove its antidote
By Alfred H. Moses
In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 81, a Soviet and Russian poet, performs in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)
April 2, 2017, 3:58 am
Russian poet who told the world about Babi Yar dies at 84
After gaining notoriety with poetry denouncing Stalin, Yevgeny Yevtushenko was catapulted to international acclaim for his unflinching account of a 1941 massacre of Jews
By Ken Miller
Former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler speaking to a Knesset committee in Jerusalem on March 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 30, 2017, 4:18 pm
Saying he was poisoned in Russia, ex-Canadian justice minister fights a Kremlin bullying campaign
Irwin Cotler believes he was targeted during a 2006 official visit to Moscow, and says dozens of other journalists, lawyers, human rights activists, opposition leaders and dissidents have been as well
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative image of a Pakistani woman covering her face in Saudi Arabia (screen capture: YouTube)
March 2, 2017, 1:41 pm
2 trans Pakistani women beaten to death by Saudi police
The pair, identified as Amna and Meeno, arrested in a raid with 33 others under law banning cross dressing
By Jacob Magid
Information Officer for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Rolando Gomez holds the report of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict next to Commission chairperson Mary McGowan Davis, center, and Commission member Doudou Diene during a press conference on their report on June 22, 2015 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. (AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI)
February 20, 2017, 1:40 pm
The lucrative ‘war crimes’ industry
Why NGOs' allegations and reports on Israeli "violations" should be taken with far more than a grain of salt
By Gerald M. Steinberg
Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy addresses an Al-Jazeera program on May 16, 2016.
February 14, 2017, 1:25 pm
Cyberspies target American-Egyptian writer
Egyptian government is believed to have employed phishing emails against staff at several local human rights groups
By Raphael Satter
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