Human Rights

Sisi says he will go in 2030. The army will decide who comes next

A proposed 30-month Military Academy course for future presidents would let the armed forces decide who is qualified to govern, sidelining parties and narrowing voters' choice

Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over 'fake news' allegations

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Gaza students take Ireland to court over visa refusals

In Egypt, leaving prison does not mean escaping the security state

Asim Qureshi

Where do Muslim youths fit in India's 'Cockroach' protests?

Nabiya Khan

Egyptian detainees issue call for government to apply new caps to pretrial detention

UAE president pardons Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Palestine Action

Palestine Action activists to appeal terror sentencing

UK's Burnham urged to address alleged UAE plot against British academic

Middle East and North Africa led rise in recorded executions in 2022, Amnesty says

Egyptian hunger striker's health declining as he protests South Korea deportation

Inside Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Salman and Twitter sued under law created for organised crime

World Expo 2030 organisers urged to drop Saudi Arabia as potential host

Tunisia: Ghannouchi's SIM cards used by 'unknown party' while in prison

Saudi women's rights activist pursues lawsuit against UAE firm and ex-US operatives

'UAE 94': Families urge release of 51 detainees held past jail terms

Fears Twitter cull of dormant accounts could lock out imprisoned activists

Saudi family urges US to intervene in possible death sentence of young man

Egypt takes lead role on global counter-terrorism network despite rights fears

Egypt's treatment of jailed detainee 'may amount to torture', rights groups say

UAE waging 'sustained assault' on human rights ahead of Cop28, groups warn