April 6, 2013
9:00 pm

Seven universal lessons from the depths of evil

What the world must learn from the Holocaust, including the duty to remember, the power of words and the crime of indifference

By Irwin Cotler

April 6, 2013
12:44 pm

Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, the Catholic grandson of Holocaust survivors, greets supporters as he campaigns in Maracay, Venezuela, on Thursday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate wages fierce campaign

Henrique Capriles, the charismatic Catholic grandson of Holocaust survivors, warns of problems if pro-Chavez acting president remains at the helm

By Fabiola Sanchez and James Anderson

March 16, 2013
9:17 am

A Syrian boy waves the Syrian revolutionary flag during a commemorative celebration of the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution, in Amman, Jordan, March 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Syria expands use of widely banned cluster bombs, group says

Human Rights Watch: At least 156 of the devices, which scatter small bomblets, used in 119 locations in past 6 months

March 11, 2013
3:19 pm

Flags outside the European Union in Brussels (photo credit: Flickr/BY 2.0/motiqua )

European Union tightens the screws on Iran

Serious human rights abuses, including dozens of public executions, motivate foreign ministers to up the pressure on Islamic state

March 8, 2013
6:08 am

Participants of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee's (JDC) Second International Women's Leadership Workshop in Israel this week (photo credit: Ofir Ben Natan, JDC Israel)

Can women ‘have it all’?

In Israel, 17 international development leaders explore what it means, in real life, to be a woman and a social leader

By Michal Shmulovich

February 21, 2013
6:27 am

Egyptian riot police beat 48-year-old Hamada Saber after stripping him, and before dragging him into a police van, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Rights groups blame Morsi for police brutality

Egyptian advocates say security forces are reverting to the systematic torture characteristic of the Mubarak days

February 17, 2013
5:25 pm

Shimon Peres (right) and Ben Cardin at a meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday (photo credit: Flash90)

Anticipating visit, Peres says Obama will handle Iran

President tells American policymakers White House has shown understanding and support for Israel’s security needs

By Aaron Kalman

February 7, 2013
7:04 pm

A soldier detains an Palestinian, Nov 2012 (photo credit: Roy Sharon/Flash90)

Israeli group slams IDF over abuse investigations

Legal watchdog Yesh Din claims that 100 probes into criminal behavior ended without a single conviction

January 31, 2013
3:35 am

Max Kampelman (photo credit CC-BY, Michael Pressman/CTBTO, Flickr)

Jewish groups mourn passing of Max Kampelman

Senior US human rights negotiator, who played key role in the struggle to free Soviet Jewry, dies at age 92

January 25, 2013
3:52 am

Israeli Border Police officers check documents of Palestinian women at the Qalandia checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah (illustrative photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Britain cites ‘concern’ for Israeli human rights record

Foreign Office’s quarterly report also criticizes Palestinians; section on Iran half as long as section on Israel

December 16, 2012
3:27 pm

A family of African migrants in the Shapira neighborhood of Tel Aviv (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel guilty of ‘bleak’ and ‘severe’ human rights abuses, local NGO asserts

Civil rights group’s report decries situation in the West Bank, among the Bedouin, and relating to African migrants in Tel Aviv

By Raphael Ahren

December 4, 2012
10:03 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay (photo credit: CC-BY Antônio Cruz, Wikimedia Commons)

UN human rights chief urges Iran to improve conditions of jailed activist

Navi Pillay expresses concern for life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been on a hunger strike since mid-October

November 17, 2012
12:33 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin implied to German Chancellor Angela Merkel that a jailed member of the punk band Pussy Riot was anti-Semitic. (Photo credit: Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service/RIA-Novosti/AP)

Putin invokes anti-Semitism while defending imprisonment of subversive rock band

In meeting with German chancellor, Russian president defends move, falsely claiming musician had been involved in anti-Jewish display

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

November 16, 2012
1:11 pm

Relations were expected to improve between US President Barack Obama (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in 2009, after the revocation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. (photo credit: AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

US Congress set to replace historic law that helped free Soviet Jewry

With the support of Jewish groups, American legislators are expected to end Jackson-Vanik restrictions on Russia

By Ron Kampeas

November 15, 2012
10:04 pm

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay (photo credit: Wissam Nassar flash90)

Foreign Ministry slams UN human rights chief for ‘ringing silence’ on Gaza rocket fire

High Commissioner does not care for Israelis’ human rights, spokesman charges