According to Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority, five police officers will tried in connection with the alleged torture of a detainee who later died in custody. Top prosecutor Nawaf Hamza said in a statement that two unnamed officers have been

The offices of a number of NGOs which promote democracy and human rights in Egypt - including several domestic groups and the American organizations Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute - were raided yesterday ...

Following the Arab League observatory mission's initial visit to Homs, the head of the monitoring group Sudanese General Mustafa Dabi said, "Some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening." Dabi added that "the ...

The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed Wednesday after a hiatus of almost two months. The proceedings were delayed after lawyers requested a new judge. Mubarak is on trial, along with his two sons, senior police ...

On Tuesday, 70,000 Syrians took to the streets in Homs as Arab League monitors are expected to return on Wednesday. "More than 70,000 demonstrators tried to enter Al-Saa square in the center of the city of Homs, then ...

The Obama administration is still reviewing Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to enter the country for medical treatment. Despite early claims that his request has been granted by the White House, State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner said “contrary to ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that in Bahrain, "although some security officers have reportedly been arrested, we have yet to see any prosecution of security forces for civilian injuries and deaths" during the ...

On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki threatened in a news conference to release documents that he claims "implicated his opponents in terrorism," deepening the political crisis in the country. Al-Maliki also warned the Kurdish community that ...

  In a paper entitled Salafis and Sufis in Egypt, which was released by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jonathon Brown reviews Egypt's latest election and the gains made by a number of Islamist parties- particularly the Muslim Brotherhood ...

  After yesterday's massacre of some 250 people in the Jabal Zawiyeh region of Idlib, Syria, the Syrian National Council (SNC) issued a press released demanding the "prompt intervention to stop the massacres, which have reached the level of ...

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki conveyed that Tunisia’s Jews are full citizens and those that had left were welcome to return during a meeting with the country’s Grand Rabbi Haim Bittan. According to the Washington Post, Tunisia presently has a Jewish ...

Clashes between Syrian loyalist troops and army deserters killed or wounded at least 100 defected soldiers, many of whom were killed as they attempted to defect, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "After clashes that ...

In a statement given during a recent visit, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner  condemned violence in Bahrain, saying "We are concerned about reports of excessive use of force, including tear gas, in response to ongoing street protests," ...

Syria has agreed to allow an Arab observer mission into the country after Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad signedthe protocol at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. According to Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi, the first group of ...

The last convoy of American troops left Iraq Sunday morning, driving across the Iraq-Kuwait border marking the end of the nearly nine year war. The final troops completed a difficult logistical challenge of shutting down hundreds ...