KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. (So... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off. (Source: Associated P... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - The U.N.'s top human rights official says she is alarmed by reports of a major Syrian troop buildup around a rebel-held town in western Syria and fears more atrocities if the area is overrun. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it a... [Full Article]
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's jailing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was a politically motivated violation of her rights, Europe's human rights court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a harsh blow to President Viktor Yanukovych who has ... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Dozens of Egyptian police officers disobeyed orders and stormed a superior's office in the capital, shut down a security directorate in the north and went on strike in the south in a new round of protests Sunday that threaten to unh... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Human Rights Watch urged the Afghan government on Thursday to force police stations to build restrooms for female officers to protect them from sexual harassment. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Haifaa Al Mansour had to go to great lengths to make the groundbreaking Saudi film "Wadjda" - and not only because it is the first feature made entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman. (Source: Assoc... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - A U.S.-based rights group on Thursday accused Syria of war crimes by indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate airstrikes against civilians, killing at least 4,300 people since last summer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
AMSTERDAM (AP) - After getting an earful from Chancellor Angela Merkel on the importance of democratic issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Amsterdam on Monday to face an eyeful of protests from gay rights activists. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
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