Labelling it the Day of Rage thousands of Syrian protestors gathered calling for the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad. As they rallied they vowed support for the city of Daraa

Lawrence Davidson looks at the flawed logic and the tribal, personal and political pressures that may have led Richard Goldstone, the South African Jewish judge who authored the report of

Richard Lightbown argues that whatever Israel does when the Mavi Marmara sets sail for Gaza on the first anniversary of the murder of aid workers by Israeli commandos aboard the

While the last two years have witnessed a few modest advances in political reform in Arab countries--importantly, women appear to be participating politically in larger numbers--the general trend has been

Israeli Military Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi, testifying Sunday for the second time before Israel’s Turkel committee, reiterated his full support for his soldiers’ deadly massacre against a Gaza-bound aid

Head of the Turkish humanitarian relief foundation IHH Bulent Yildirim hailed the report issued by the UN human rights council's probe committee on Gaza siege and the Israeli attack on

The undersigned organisations, express our deep concern about the possibility of prison sentences being handed down on 4 September 2010 to prominent Egyptian human rights activists Gamal Eid, director of

The Egyptian Group for Human Rights and Law has expressed its concern regarding the health of Dr. Ossama Soliman who is being detained under heavy security in al-Qasr al-Aini Hospital

On 28/7/2010 Al Saf partial court sentenced Sherif Abd El Hamid, editor -in- chief of Al Saf website to 6 months imprisonment in absentia and a fine of 200 EGP

Issuing the 20th annual report of EOHR of 2009 comes in the light of a political environment not different from the previous years. Violations still committed against human rights. They