US: President Should End Sweeping Surveillance
(New York) – The US government risks undermining important policy objectives unless it urgently reins in US electronic surveillance practices [...]
Iraq: Protect Anbar Residents From Abuses
(Baghdad) – Iraqi government forces appear to have used indiscriminate mortar fire in civilian neighborhoods in Anbar province, and al-Qaeda [...]
Saudi Arabia: Activists Challenging Status Quo
(Beirut) – Activists in Saudi Arabia face a repressive and intolerant government as they advocate popular political participation, judicial reform, [...]
US/Yemen: Investigate Civilian Deaths from Airstrikes
The United States and Yemen should investigate airstrikes in Yemen causing civilian deaths and ensure accountability and appropriate redress for [...]
Kuwait: Court Deals Blow to Free Speech
(Beirut) – Kuwait’s Constitutional Court dealt a blow to free speech on December 2, 2013 in a case involving a [...]
Iraq: Wave of Journalist Killings
(Baghdad) – Four journalists have been assassinated in Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s Ninewa Province, since early October 2013. Iraqi [...]