UN leaders urgently call on Israel to avoid large scale offensive in Rafah
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reminded world leaders on Sunday that a general assault by Israel in the Gazan city of Rafah “cannot be reconciled with the binding demands of international humanitarian law, or the binding provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).” Türk’s statement came just a day [...]
Saudi Arabia anti-corruption authority announces arrest of public servant on corruption charges
The Saudi Arabian Oversight and Anti-corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced Sunday the arrest of the CEO of the Royal Commission for Al Ula, a historical oasis in the Medina province located in the north-west of the kingdom, Amr bin Saleh Abdulrahman Al Madani, on charges of money laundering and abuse of authority. According to Nazaha, the [...]
Twitter, Saudi Arabia sued for racketeering in California court
Activist Areej Al-Sadhan filed a lawsuit against Twitter, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and several Saudi officials for racketeering on Tuesday. Al-Sadhan is suing on behalf of her brother Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan, who is imprisoned in Saudi Arabia and was allegedly tortured by Saudi authorities, and herself, claiming that she is a target of Saudi harassment. [...]
A Kuwait court on Tuesday sentenced seven to death for their participation in the bombing of a Shiite mosque in June, which left 26 people dead and 227 others critically injured. Five of the men were sentenced in absentia...
Report: Islamic State executed almost 2,000 people in Syria over six months
The Islamic State (IS) executed 1,878 people in Syria over the past six months, reported the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Sunday. Of those killed, 120 were...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit on Friday brought against officials of the Obama administration for the 2011 drone strikes that killed three US...
On September 30, 2011, the US government carried out a successful drone strike against four suspected al-Qaeda supporters, two of whom were US citizens. Two weeks later, the US launched another drone strike killing a teenage US citizen and six...
Federal judge denies request for information on targeted killings
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for disclosure of tactics used by the US to...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda ...
Obama Drone Policy Makes American Citizens Vulnerable, Undermines National Security
Samar Warsi, Muslim Civil Liberties Union (MCLU)
