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Syria death toll hits 120 in two days: report

At least 120 people were killed in a two-day crackdown by Syrian security forces against protesters, a group of ...

Syria rounds up regime opponents: rights group

Security forces have arrested dozens of people in raids across Syria even though President Bashar al-Assad has lifted ...

Two Syrian MPs, top cleric quit over bloodshed

Two Syrian MPs from the protest hub city of Daraa and its top cleric on Saturday told Al-Jazeera television they ...

Makassar marginal community observe Earth Day

Non-governmental organization and environment activists grouped in marginal community staged a rally here on Friday to ...

US, China to hold human rights talks

China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, ...

Israeli intellectuals endorse Palestinian state

Barely audible above the chants of "traitor", an Israeli actress who lost a leg in a Palestinian attack read out on ...

End of Syria emergency rule not enough: activists

Two prominent Syrian human rights activists welcomed a decree signed by President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday lifting ...

Riau Walhi activists observe Earth Day

Dozens of environmental activists from Riau`s Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) took to the streets here ...

Gulf intellectuals say UAE activist arrested

Another Emirati rights activist has been arrested, bringing to four the number jailed in the oil-rich Gulf state in ...

Iran helping Syria crack down on protests

The United States accused Iran Thursday of helping Syria in its efforts to crack down on pro-democracy ...

French police fine woman for wearing full Islamic face veil

French police fined a woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil, the first reported enforcement of a ban on the ...

New Gaza flotilla `must be stopped`: Israel

The planned dispatch of a flotilla of ships attempting to break the blockade on Gaza "must be stopped," Israeli Prime ...

ASEAN urged to adopt legally binding agreement on workers

Trade unionists and legal aid activists of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore urged 10 ASEAN member states here Monday ...

Egyptian general prsecutor summons Mubarak, his sons

Egyptian Attorney General Abdel- Meguid Mahmoud decided Sunday to question former President Hosni Mubarak and his two ...

Syria must stop shooting at protesters

Human Rights Watch called on Syria`s president to rein in his security forces and stop them from firing on ...