Hamas authorities in Gaza should take all possible steps to prevent Palestinian armed groups from launching rockets against Israeli population centers and hold accountable those who commit violations of the laws of war.

The UN General Assembly's unprecedented decision to suspend Libya's membership rights in the Human Rights Council (HRC) sends a strong message to those responsible for abuses in Libya that they will be held accountable, Human Rights Watch said today.

Late Saturday night, history was made in New York. Every member of the UN security council raised their hand to support a resolution condemning the gross violations of human rights in Libya.

At least eight people including a southern opposition leader have been "disappeared" after Yemeni security forces detained them in Aden in February 2011.

Late Saturday night, history was made in New York. Every member of the UN Security Council raised their hand to support a resolution condemning the gross violations of human rights in Libya. They all voted not only to impose sweeping sanctions on Libya’s rulers but to refer the entire ongoing situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigations into possible crimes against humanity.

Saudi authorities should immediately release a Shia cleric apparently arrested on February 27, 2011, for calling for a constitutional monarchy and equal rights for Shia in his Friday sermon.

Political reform in Bahrain has to include a transparent and independent investigation into government-initiated violence that claimed the lives of seven protesters and injured hundreds of others.

There have been few, if any, abuses by the police in the city of Zuwara, 109 kilometers west of Tripoli, during and since its takeover by anti-government forces a week ago. They said the police had not tried to suppress a series of anti-government demonstrations, and that police from Zuwara sided with the protesters, while police not originally from Zuwara had left the city.