
Although there has been rivalry among the various jihadist groups training and recruiting in North Africa, new pacts and agreements among the different strains of radical Islam have resulted in deeper collaboration, a harbinger of more trouble for those fighting the terrorists.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2016, 11:16 AM PST0

Amnesty International has expressed alarm at reports that the authorities in Saudi Arabia are planning to execute dozens of people in a single day. The newspaper Okaz said 55 people were awaiting execution for “terrorist crimes”, while a now-deleted report
by Breitbart Jerusalem27 Nov 2015, 1:30 AM PST0

The Norwegian government has launched a new Facebook campaign called “Stricter Asylum regulations in Norway” aimed at providing “factual” information for migrants regarding changing asylum laws. Human rights organisations have accused the page of fostering racism. “This Facebook page is
by Liam Deacon9 Nov 2015, 9:13 AM PST0

A new report from Amnesty International charges the Assad regime with making over 65,000 Syrians ‘disappear’ during four years of civil war, an “organized attack against the civilian population” carried out not just for political gain, but for profit.
by John Hayward7 Nov 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

Over 100,000 people have signed a petition demanding Amnesty International stop campaigning for abortion, claiming the group has “lost its longstanding moral credibility”. As the human rights group intensifies its campaign to legalise abortion in Ireland, it has come under
by Nick Hallett5 Nov 2015, 9:26 AM PST0

Cuban artist Danilo Maldonado, known by his stage name “El Sexto,” tells journalists he has no intention of censoring his art after being freed from a ten-month stint in prison after being caught painting the names “Fidel” and “Raúl” on two pigs.
by Frances Martel22 Oct 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

The rights advocacy group Amnesty International has launched a high-level campaign calling for the decriminalization of abortion in Ireland, a crusade critics are denouncing as disingenuous and anti-Catholic.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.21 Oct 2015, 10:23 AM PST0

French authorities want new European Union (EU) rules mandating all travelling EU nationals to scan their fingerprints and maybe even their faces. The introduction of Smart Borders, a digital dragnet system using biometric scans to identify visiting non-EU nationals, was discussed at an EU interior ministers
by Sarkis Zeronian10 Oct 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

Amnesty International’s proposal to legalize prostitution has generated a fierce rebuttal from groups opposed to the exploitation of vulnerable women, who warn that such wrong-headed programs just perpetuate cycles of abuse and mistreatment of women.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.9 Oct 2015, 10:53 AM PST0

The non-government organization Amnesty International issued an urgent call for the international community to pressure the communist Cuban government to release Danilo Maldonado Machado, an artist known as “El Sexto” who has spent ten months in prison for painting the names “Fidel” and “Raúl” on two pigs.
by Frances Martel2 Oct 2015, 7:22 AM PST0

Following the viral spread of images depicting the bodies of drowned Syrians on a Turkish beach–including a three-year-old boy named Alan Kurdi–the Canadian left has sprung to attention to decry what they describe as the Conservative government’s inaction towards assisting migrants and war refugees.
by Robert Kraychik7 Sep 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

The BBC has debunked a story, picked up by human rights NGO Amnesty International, alleging that two sisters in India were sentenced to rape because their brother eloped with a married woman.
by Mary Chastain1 Sep 2015, 9:21 PM PST0

More state-sanctioned per capita executions are taking place in Iran than anywhere else in the world.
by Edwin Mora18 Aug 2015, 11:48 AM PST0

One of Amnesty International’s most senior figures has been accused of multiple links to the Muslim Brotherhood, both through her husband, who was named in court papers as a British Islamist, and in her own right. The allegations bring into
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Aug 2015, 9:45 AM PST0

The Israeli Embassy has lodged a complaint with Amnesty UK after one of its senior directors launched into an anti-Israel tirade on Twitter. This is not the first time that the staff member, Kristyan Benedict, has been criticised for his
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Aug 2015, 4:15 AM PST0

Amnesty International released a report, titled “You Killed My Son: Killings by Military Police in Rio de Janeiro,” alleging that the police of Rio de Janeiro have a “shoot-first, ask-questions-later” policy that has killed over 1,000.
by Michael Lucchese4 Aug 2015, 8:04 PM PST0

Amnesty International has sparked a glitzy Hollywood backlash from its usual left wing fan-base by submitting a draft policy calling for prostitution to be legalised in order to promote the human rights of prostitutes. Hollywood actresses Lena Dunham, Emma Thompson, Kate
by Donna Rachel Edmunds30 Jul 2015, 5:43 AM PST0

Human rights group are challenging President Barack Obama following his description of Ethiopia’s government as “democratically elected.”
by Mary Chastain29 Jul 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

Amnesty International is set to review an internal policy document regarding the group’s stance on sex work at a meeting in Ireland next month, and a slew of Hollywood celebrities are banding together to stand against decriminalizing the sex trade.
by Kipp Jones27 Jul 2015, 5:36 PM PST0

Amnesty International’s latest report on Iran states the regime executed 694 people between January 1 and July 15. This means the country averages at least three executions a day.
by Mary Chastain24 Jul 2015, 6:34 PM PST0

Almost 25,000 pro-life campaigners have taken to the streets of Dublin, many in opposition to Amnesty International’s lobbying efforts to liberalise abortion. The crowd was almost double the size expected, while pro-abortion counter protesters numbered no more than a few
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Jul 2015, 5:32 AM PST0

The ban on elective abortion in most cases, perhaps the only remaining shibboleth of Catholic Ireland, is coming under attack as predicted by one Breitbart London contributor and as noted by another. Repeal or reform of the Eighth Amendment of the
by Sarkis Zeronian11 Jun 2015, 1:22 AM PST0

An Iranian court sentenced artist-activist Atena Farghadani, 28, to 12 years in prison for insulting the government, after publishing a cartoon portraying Parliament members with animal heads.
by Mary Chastain5 Jun 2015, 8:03 AM PST0

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed his new government will investigate the military in response to an extensive Amnesty International Report claiming that thousands of Boko Haram suspects, some as young as nine years old, were tortured, starved, or extrajudicially executed in the past five years.
by Frances Martel4 Jun 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Amnesty International called the European Union “negligent” over the deaths of 17,000 migrants in 2015. The blame is solely placed on Italy, who ended their Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation shortly before the latest wave of migrants began fleeing Libya.
by Mary Chastain23 Apr 2015, 9:48 PM PST0