Social & Human Affairs Bound

Egypt executed 49 prisoners in just 10 days in October, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for authorities to "immediately halt" carrying out death sentences.   "Egypt's mass executions of scores of people in a matter of days is outrageous," HRW's Joe Stork...

A shipwreck off Libya has left at least 15 migrants dead, the UN's migration agency said Wednesday, the latest tragedy to strike people making desperate bids to reach Europe. "At least 15 migrants are presumed dead after their boat capsized off  the coast of Sabratha,...

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Algeria to immediately release two men imprisoned for homosexuality and to void the convictions of all 44 people prosecuted in the same case. On September 3, an Algerian court sentenced two men to three years' jail and 42 people to...

Libya's UN-recognised government on Wednesday announced the arrest of a former coastguard wanted by Interpol and under UN sanctions for alleged human trafficking. Abd al-Rahman al-Milad, also known as al-Bidja, was arrested by senior security operatives in Tripoli on...