GENEVA (14 September 2012) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged religious and political leaders to do their utmost to restore calm in the wake

A report published Tuesday by a UN human rights assessment mission to Yemen calls for immediate action to protect civilians, respect the right to peaceful demonstration and to address the

the UN Human Rights Council's independent fact finding Committee issued its report titled, "No Safe Place," (Read report here) assessing "investigat(ions) and report(s) on violations of human rights law and

The Delegation of the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla and the Congress of European Palestinians for the Right of Return all arrived in Brazil

Israel reluctantly accepted to let a new UN committee to investigate its deadly attack on the Freedom Flotilla aid convoy in late May after strenuous attempts to undermine international efforts

Following the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council’s recommendations to on Egypt, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) welcomed the fact that the government decided to accept the

Egypt has apparently started registering the first Arabic-language internet domain names at dot.msr during the 4th Internet Governance Forum (happening in its very own seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh) in