MANAMA, Bahrain: Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Trial Observer, Abed Choudhury has reported the court ruling in the case of the Ma’ameer 10 in Manama. Seven of the ten men have been found guilty of murdering a Pakistani truck driver, despite numerous investigations by human rights groups, including IHRC, which found that evidence used against [...]

CAIRO: After nearly four and a half months, the Marwa el-Sherbini saga has come to a conclusion of sorts after a German court sentenced the man who stabbed the “veiled martyr” 17 times inside the court in July to life in prison without possibility of early release. Egyptians, Arabs and Germans alike have welcomed the [...]

Germany should know that a lot is riding on the verdict handed down to Alex Wiens on Wednesday. Anything less than a life sentence will leave Egypt, the Arab world and human rights advocates angered. And it will put Germany in a position it has tried so vehemently to remove from the stigma of being [...]