Israel sentences two Jewish extremists to six months without charge
Israel on Sunday sentenced two alleged Jewish extremists to six months in prison without formal charges. The arrests are part of a crackdown on Jewish extremists and come after an arson attack on a Palestinian...
Israel uses 'administrative detention' for first time against citizen
The Israel Defense Ministry on Wednesday jailed an Israeli extremists for sixth months with no charges or formal trial. It is reported that Mordechai Meyer was sent to jail in as an effort...
UN officials denounce West Bank arson attack that killed Palestinian child
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and recently appointed UN special envoy in the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov condemned the arson attacks in the West Bank on Friday that killed a...
AI: Evidence of war crimes by Israel in retaliation for captured soldier
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released a report that points to evidence of war crimes committed by Israel in the August 2014 retaliation for the capture of an Israeli soldier by Hamas . By...
Palestine submits alleged evidence of Israel war crimes to ICC
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said Thursday that he had presented documents to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to assist in the investigation of alleged Israeli war crimes. The documents describe the...
HRW: Syria, Iraq governments fueling Islamic extremism and must reform
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday released its annual World Report , in which it criticized the role of Middle Eastern governments in sustaining the Islamic State (IS). HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth credited much...
Iraq election commission board collectively tenders resignation
The members of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) collectively resigned on Tuesday. The Board of Commissioners' resignations were meant to protest political interference based on conflicting parliamentary and judicial decisions excluding...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that Iraqi security officials are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting them to torture, ill-treatment and threats of sexual abuse. HRW found that officials are coercing confessions and...
HRW: Killing of four Iraq SWAT members amounts to crimes against humanity
Human Rights Watch claimed Wednesday that the execution-style killing of four Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) counter-terrorism forces members is the latest indication of a systematic murder campaign amounting to crimes against humanity. The...
Iraq police arrest Sunni MP and protest supporter on terrorism charges
Iraqi police arrested Ahmed al-Awlani, an MP and prominent Sunni supporter of anti-government protests, on Saturday in the city of Ramadi. Awlani, a member of the Sunni supported Iraqiya bloc was reportedly wanted on terrorism charges along...
