Human Rights Bound

Spain "will not tolerate" the use of immigration as a "means of pressure", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday in an indirect warning to Morocco. It comes after the two nations normalised relations following a bitter diplomatic spat, which erupted...

Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it has footage of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah that "disproves" a report from his family that he has been on hunger strike for 10 weeks. The footage, recorded inside his cell, "was delivered to the public prosecution", the...

Human rights defender Sultana Khaya arrived in southeastern Spain Friday where she will receive medical treatment for injuries sustained during 19 months of house arrest in Western Sahara, the Polisario Front said.  Her arrival comes barely two months after Spain...

Human rights group Amnesty International Friday urged Moroccan authorities to investigate urgently allegations that security forces last month assaulted five women activists who support independence for disputed Western Sahara. Two of the women reported that they were...