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A picture taken on June 18, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, shows a general view during the opening of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. (AFP/Alain Grosclaude)
Following US exit, Israel ‘lowers’ its participation in UN Human Rights Council
By AP and TOI staff
Israeli seat empty in plenary session Friday. Diplomats in Geneva say Jerusalem has reduced its ties with the controversial rights body since US quit on Tuesday
Raphael Ahren
AnalysisIsrael may follow US in freezing out UN rights body, to some diplomats’ dismay
By Raphael Ahren
File: A police armored vehicle splattered with paint bombs fires tear gas toward Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Sunday, February 14, 2016. (Hasan Jamali/AP)
October 23, 2017, 9:12 am
Bahrain female activist, 2 others freed from jail
Ebtisam al-Sayegh has alleged she was tortured and sexually assaulted during a previous detention in May
By AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a meeting of the European People's Party prior to an EU summit in Brussels on October 19, 2017. European Union leaders are gathering for a two day summit to discuss migration, digital economy and Brexit. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
October 20, 2017, 4:03 am
Merkel: EU to cut aid to Turkey over democratic backsliding
German leader criticizes 'absolutely unsatisfying human rights situation,' but leaves door open for further talks
By AP
Illustrative image of computer keyboard with mouse arrow showing Terror online. (keport/iStock via Getty images)
October 17, 2017, 5:58 pm
Germany nixes web monitoring workshop for Egyptian officials
Berlin cancels counter-terrorism training out of concern that the skills 'could also be used to pursue other groups'
By AP
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)
September 20, 2017, 5:57 pm
Handing dossier to The Hague, Palestinians accuse Israel of apartheid
International Criminal Court to study 700-page file, which alleges forced displacement of Palestinian West Bank residents in favor of settlers
By AP and TOI staff
Graffiti sprayed on a roadblock in the West Bank city of Hebron reads 'Boycott Israel' (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader)
September 12, 2017, 5:26 pm
Israel said mulling penalties for Amnesty for violating Boycott Law
Finance minister reportedly seeking to pull tax breaks for human rights group over its call to boycott settlement goods
By Alexander Fulbright
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN high commissioner for human rights, is pictured on a TV screen during the opening of the 36th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 11, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/ Keystone via AP)
September 11, 2017, 11:35 pm
UN rights head accuses Israel of ‘serious violations’ of international law
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says Israeli policies in the West Bank fuel a 'cycle of violence,' slams laws on NGOs
By TOI staff
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, gives a speech at the opening of a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 27, 2017, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)
August 30, 2017, 5:05 pm
UN rights chief decries Trump’s ‘demonization’ of media
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says racist and anti-Semitic chants in Charlottesville were 'an abomination' and 'a nightmare'
By AP
US President Donald Trump (R) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)
August 22, 2017, 11:32 pm
US to withhold up to $290 million in aid from Egypt — report
Decision said to come partly in response to Cairo's failure to rein in human rights abuses
By TOI staff
August 16, 2017, 2:32 pm
I’m a rabbi and I was in Charlottesville
The play-by-play of her day as a 'care-bear' among the counter-protesters
By Lizz Goldstein
Labour MP Leo Abse turned up at the House of Commons on June 6, 1965 for the Budget wearing a curry-colored suit with a strong 18th Century influence including a waistcoat of the period. (Keystone Pictures USA / Alamy Stock Photo)
July 28, 2017, 7:46 pm
The Jewish MP who pried open Britain’s closet door
As the UK marks the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of male homosexuality, Leo Abse is posthumously credited for his role
By Robert Philpot
July 6, 2017, 1:24 pm
Six million plus one
Israel makes money off the suffering of millions by supporting South Sudan's terror, and only one person is protesting
By Avidan Freedman
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives for a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2017. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
June 29, 2017, 11:30 pm
US lawmakers urge Tillerson to help Palestinian going on trial in Israel
Issa Amro is facing charges connected to protests he organized in Hebron against the Israeli army and settlement expansion
By JTA
Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Theresa May speaks at a campaign event in Norwich, east England, on June 7, 2017, on the eve of the general election. (Ben Stansall/AFP)
June 7, 2017, 4:58 pm
Human Rights Watch blasts May’s anti-terror comments
After London Bridge assault, British PM vows to change human rights laws if they hinder efforts to prevent new attacks
By AFP
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
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