Archive for the ‘human rights violation’ Category

Sports Washing Brutality: British MPs Blast F1 Organization over Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

3 Mar 2023 By Staff, Agencies A group of British MPs has written to the organizers of Formula One [F1] to express their “grave concerns” over motorsport’s role in “sports washing the appalling human rights records of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia”. Ahead of the new F1 season, which begins this Sunday, in Bahrain, 20 parliamentarians […]

KSA sentences uni prof. to 30 years in prison over tweets

December 28, 2022  Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English  Saudi Arabia sentences a university professor to 30 years in prison for tweets about the kingdom, its propaganda policies, and the security situation. Saudi journalist Turki Al-Shalhoub, who previously triggered a public outcry for exposing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s contentious plans against highly revered sites in […]

Saudi Crackdown: Regime Detains Yemeni-American Citizen While on Pilgrimage

November 14, 2022 By Staff, Agencies As Saudi Arabia is hardening crackdown on dissent, including targeting its citizens who live abroad, a Yemeni-American citizen has been detained in Saudi Arabia while performing the ‘Umrah’ pilgrimage at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site. Mohamad Salem was taken into custody on November 1 and has […]

Saudi authorities brutally attack girls in Asir orphanage

August 31, 2022 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English  KSA is the site of a brutal attack by Saudi authorities on young girls protesting forf their rights at an orphanage in the Asir province, which sparked outrage on social media. Part of the leaked video from the orphanage (Tasnim News) Saudi security authorities aggressively committed violence […]

Saudi authorities brutally attack girls in Asir orphanage

August 31, 2022 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English  KSA is the site of a brutal attack by Saudi authorities on young girls protesting forf their rights at an orphanage in the Asir province, which sparked outrage on social media. Part of the leaked video from the orphanage (Tasnim News) Saudi security authorities aggressively committed violence […]

Saudi authorities brutally attack girls in Asir orphanage

August 31, 2022 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English  KSA is the site of a brutal attack by Saudi authorities on young girls protesting forf their rights at an orphanage in the Asir province, which sparked outrage on social media. Part of the leaked video from the orphanage (Tasnim News) Saudi security authorities aggressively committed violence […]

Saudi authorities brutally attack girls in Asir orphanage

August 31, 2022 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English  KSA is the site of a brutal attack by Saudi authorities on young girls protesting forf their rights at an orphanage in the Asir province, which sparked outrage on social media. Part of the leaked video from the orphanage (Tasnim News) Saudi security authorities aggressively committed violence […]

Saudi authorities brutally attack girls in Asir orphanage

August 31, 2022 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English  KSA is the site of a brutal attack by Saudi authorities on young girls protesting forf their rights at an orphanage in the Asir province, which sparked outrage on social media. Part of the leaked video from the orphanage (Tasnim News) Saudi security authorities aggressively committed violence […]

Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard

March 02nd, 2022 By Ahmed Abdulkareem Source The speed of Western retaliation over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days. HAJJAH, YEMEN – “We’re brutally bombed every day. So why doesn’t the Western world care like […]

Israeli Special Forces Detain Birzeit University Students (VIDEO)

Posted on January 11, 2022 by worldpeacewithjustice January 10, 2022 Students at Birzeit University are regularly subjected to intimidation, assault and arbitrary arrest by Israeli soldiers. (Photo: via Social Media) Israeli special forces Monday afternoon detained several students in front of the Birzeit University, north of Ramallah, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. […]

Palestinian Refugees are Struggling to Survive amid Lebanon’s Deepening Crisis

December 23, 2021 – Katarzyna Rybarczyk is a Political Correspondent for Immigration Advice Service, an immigration law firm based in the UK but operating globally. Through her articles, she aims to raise awareness about security threats worldwide and the challenges facing communities living in low and middle-income countries. She contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle. […]

On par with Saudi Arabia: Manama launches an attack on Lebanon

22 Dec 2021 On par with Saudi Arabia: Manama launches an attack on Lebanon Source: Al Mayadeen Sondoss Al Asaad Manama is accused by International organizations of committing torture against political prisoners. Not only does it revoke citizenship from its citizens, now it continues to chase them in their exile. During a press conference held […]

Manama to Beirut: Persecute our Exiled Dissidents

17 Dec 2021 By Sondoss Al-Asaad Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a strongly-worded protest to the Lebanese Government regarding Beirut’s hosting of a conference allegedly “for hostile persons designated as supporters and sponsors of terrorism, with the purpose of disseminating and promoting abusive and malicious allegations against the Kingdom of Bahrain.” The Bahraini al-Wefaq’s […]

Bahraini Activist: Lebanon’s Deportation of Al-Wefaq Members Is Politically Motivated, Instigated by Saudi Blackmail

December 16, 2021 By Fatima Haydar   Beirut – Lebanon’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday ordered the Lebanese General Security to deport non-Lebanese members of Bahrain’s opposition party, Al-Wefaq. The ministry’s order came after a press conference that was held in Beirut on December 11, 2021, in which the Bahraini opposition group presented a documented report on […]

Banning of Palestinian NGOs: How Israel Tries to Silence Human Rights Defenders

November 22, 2021 By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as ‘terrorist organizations’. Gantz claimed that they are secretly linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a socialist political group that […]

Urgent Appeal to Protect the Lives of Palestinian Administrative Detainees on Hunger-Strike in Israeli Prisons

November 16, 2021 By KhamakarPress News – Israel’s Terrorism Against Human Rights NGOs Since its founding in 1948, the “State of Israel” has promoted an intense campaign to erase Palestinian history, culture and resistance on all its fronts. Human rights organizations such as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) and activists around the world are the […]

Why Qatari Authorities Forced 13 Australian Women Into Invasive Medical Examinations

Commentary The harrowing tale of 13 Australian women of child-bearing age who were subjected to an invasive gynaecological examination against their will aired on 60 Minutes on Nov. 14, 2021. The saga proved that there are different and often incompatible versions of human rights. The non-consensual procedure occurred at Doha’s Hamad International Airport on Oct. […]

Riyadh Seeks US Help to Boost Missile Systems amid Yemeni Resistance Retaliatory Operations

28.10.21 By Staff, Agencies A report revealed that Saudi Arabia has turned to the United States to seek help in strengthening its missile interception systems, as the kingdom — which has been leading a protracted war on Yemen — remains unable to protect its soil against its southern neighbor’s retaliatory operations. Riyadh is seeking the […]

To A Wider Prison: Bahraini Regime Conditionally Releases Some Political Prisoners

September 16, 2021  By Staff, Agencies As if the Bahraini regime is just sending political prisoners from small cells to a wider prison… The Bahraini regime has conditionally released 30 prisoners under new rules allowing electronic monitoring and home detention instead, the government and activists said on Wednesday. Almost all those freed are considered political […]

Islamic Jihad Denounces Assault on Liberated Prisoner Al-Akhras

Posted on August 22, 2021 by uprootedpalestinians 22 Aug 2021 Source: Al Mayadeen The family of liberated Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras protests alongside dozens of Palestinians in front of the police headquarters in Bireh to demand the release of their kin whom the Palestinian Authority arrested. Liberated Palestinian prisoner Maher Al-Akhras (Archive) The family of […]

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations Palestine (29 July – 04 August 2021)

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestine 29  July – 4 August 2021 IOF excessive use of force renders 1 Palestinian killed during funeral 7 Palestinians wounded, one in critical condition, in IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank In 129 IOF incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem: 48 […]

160 Academics Urge EU to Ban “Israeli” Universities Complicit in Tel Aviv Crimes

July 23, 2021 By Staff, Agencies One-hundred and sixty academics from 21 countries demand that the European Union exclude all “Israeli” academic institutions complicit in the regime’s violation of international law and the rights of Palestinians from the EU’s taxpayer-funded research programs. This is according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoting a press […]

Data Leak Raises New Questions over Capture of Princess Latifa

July 22, 2021 By Staff, The Guardian For a few days Princess Latifa had dared to think she could relax. An extraordinary plan to escape from a father she said had once ordered her “constant torture” was looking as if it might work, as she sat on a 30-metre yacht on the Indian Ocean, her […]

Quick news update from the Saker (July 15th, 2021)

July 15, 2021 Crazy times! It turns out that the Colombian thugs which killed the President of Haiti were linked to both the DEA and the FBI.  The former agency confirmed that the killer were, indeed, part of a DEA team , but they never got the order to kill anybody.  Right. [Sidebar for the […]

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestine(8 – 14 July 2021)

15  July 2021 8 – 14  July 2021 13 Palestinians wounded, including 2 children and 1 female, in IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank Two IOF shootings reported at fishing boats and agricultural lands, northern Gaza Strip In 126 IOF incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem: 72 civilians arrested, […]

Saudi Arabia: Why Biden will leave Mohammed bin Salman in charge

Madawi al-Rasheed 2 July 2021 11:43 UTC  Despite Biden’s rhetoric, American national interests are allied with those of the authoritarian crown prince in Riyadh US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (AFP) In the Middle East in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, many activists and human right defenders hoped that […]

No Signs of ‘Israeli’ Intentions to Solve Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis – Sinwar

22/06/2021 By Staff, Agencies Leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, Yehya Sinwar, expressed dissatisfaction with “bad” talks with United Nations diplomats supporting an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with ‘Israel,’ saying the Zionist regime has no will to end the humanitarian crisis in the enclave. UN Middle East peace envoy Tor […]

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestine 10 – 16 June 2021

20/06/2021 10 – 16  June 2021 7 Palestinians killed in Nablus in IOF excessive use of lethal force in the West Bank, including 2 women, 2 children, and 2 members of Palestinian security services Palestinian dies of wounds sustained in the IOF military aggression on Gaza 19 Palestinians wounded, including 4 children, in the West […]

UN Human Rights Council to Investigate Israeli War Crimes in Palestine (VIDEO)

Source May 27, 2021 Israeli warplanes attacked hundreds of ‘targets’ in the Gaza Strip. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) By Palestine Chronicle Staff The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decided on Thursday, May 27, to “urgently establish an ongoing independent, international commission of inquiry,” to be appointed by the President of the Human Rights […]

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestine ( 6 – 10 May 2021)

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestine IOF military escalation on Gaza Strip: 21 Palestinians killed, including 9 children; 68 wounded, including 22 children and 7 women 969 Palestinians wounded in IOF attacks on Palestinians in East Jerusalem and worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque, including 17 journalists, 9 in critical conditions and 3 lost their […]

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