OHCHR concerned over increasing restrictions on fundamental freedoms in Algeria

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, has reiterated serious concern about the serious human rights violations and growing restrictions imposed by Algerian authorities on fundamental freedoms. “In Algeria, I am concerned about the growing restrictions on fundamental Read more

Yemen: Houthi information minister fled to Saudi Arabia; hostilities rising

The information minister of the Yemeni rival government led by Houthi rebels has defected the rebel camp and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni internationally recognized government has told Associated Press. Moammer al-Iryani, information minister in exiled President Mansour Hadi’s Read more

UN chief ‘deeply troubled’ by Saudi confirmation of Jamal Khashoggi’s death

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he is “deeply troubled” by the reported confirmation of the death of Jamal Khashoggi. A tweet posted by the Saudi Foreign Ministry on Friday states that the missing Saudi journalist, a columnist with the Read more

Top UN rights official urges transparent probe into Saudi Journalist’s disappearance

The top United Nations human rights official has called on Saudi Arabia and Turkey to “reveal everything they know” about the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi journalist and critic of the Kingdom has not been seen since he visited Read more