2In 2017, for the in row, U.S was not among the world's top five countries in executions,  according to Amnesty International, human rights organization that opposes the practice. U.S ranked eighth internationally, behind China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt and..…

(Erbil) – Four apparent Turkish military operations against the armed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq dating back over a year should be investigated for possible violations of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. ... “As Turkey steps up operations..…

Human Rights Watch drew on research it has published on enforced disappearances since 2014, and carried out additional interviews from early 2016 to March 2018 with the family members, lawyers, and community representatives of the 78 currently identified as forcibly disappeared, and three...…

If one were to doubt for a moment that the current expansion of U.S. empire is but the continuation of a century-long history of U.S. overseas imperialism, Michael Ignatieff (Professor of Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government) has made it as clear as day: . The..…

In a separate development on Sunday, more than a dozen people were killed when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group conducted a series of aerial assaults on the eastern Syrian city of Abu Kamal near the border with Iraq.  . The Syrian Observatory for..…

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the UN for human rights On Monday, Peter Hawkins, representative of United Nations International Children's Fund Iraq, estimated that 100,000 girls and boys are still living under extremely dangerous conditions Mosul's militant-held Old City neighborhood..…

This is particularly important given that women’s rights nongovernmental organizations, which have provided such shelters, have often been subject to physical attack and threats by offenders and have faced hostility by some government officials, Human Rights Watch said. . .....…

The masterminds of this terrorist attack - could it be anything else - chose symbolic target for their murderous mission, the headquarters of humanitarian efforts Iraq.. Vieira de Mello, human rights commissioner, had pressed the case for Iraq governed by Iraqis and the..…

The report's tone indicated cooperative relations between Annan's special Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, L. While making note of the egregious violations of human rights by Saddam Hussein's government, questioned the treatment of detained Iraqis.. ..…

The decision raises profound questions of policy that ought to be of concern to all Americans, deeply disappointed Wilner said, noting that U.S citizens could find themselves in the situation overseas, particularly if war comes with Iraq.. The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights,..…

Many of U.S-backed states involved in the anti- Assad campaign, including Saudi Arabia and Israel, have also committed gross human rights violations and war crimes, such as Gaza, Yemen and Lebanon.. In Syria as Libya and Iraq, human rights became convenient..…

It involves escalating attacks on Syria’s human rights record. . . . The campaign appears to fly in the face of the recommendations last December of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which urged President Bush to engage diplomatically with Syria to stabilize Iraq and address the..…

This war was never about delivering democracy or protecting human rights; it was always about expanding U.S. power. ... Five years after Obama declared the U.S. occupation of Iraq over and troops were 'officially withdrawn,' Human Rights Watch reports that..…

The file photo taken by US Air Forces Central Command shows pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles flying over Iraq UK-based monitoring group says.. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights  said on Wednesday that the death toll is expected to rise as some people had been wounded in..…