Reveal Whereabouts of Youth and Prosecute Those Responsible

The brutal practice of ‘disappearing' people is a terrible blight on Egypt's human rights record. Authorities should immediately reveal Mohamed Tork's whereabouts and prosecute those responsible for his disappearance.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

Following is the text of a letter sent today to U.S. President Obama, calling upon him to intervene for ending the violation of the Bedouins' most basic rights. Following the repeated brutal demolition of the village of al-Arakib - four times in one month - the Negev Bedouin community feels itself with its back to the wall. All requests to the government of Israel to resolve the problems of residence, land ownership and ongoing discrimination encounter a wall - or outright hostility.

But New Law Still Falls Short; Government Should Ensure Full Equality

The new nationality law will make it easier for some Libyan women married to men with other nationalities to pass on their citizenship to their children. But whether women gain full equality is going to depend on how fairly the new law is carried out.

Nadya Khalife, Middle East and North Africa women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch

In the Waged War against Freedom of Expression : Torture , Blocking And Prohibition of Publication - The Arabic Network Denounces Detaining The Blogger Ali Abdelemam. Security Crackdown on Bahraini Activists Steps Up

The Arabic Network for Human rights Information strongly denounced the escalated crackdown on political activists and human rights defenders in Bahrain in the past few days. Bahrain witnessed detentions ,torturing activists and blocking tens of websites reporting on these assaults , last of which was detaining the blogger and internet activist Ali Abdelemam and the prosecution decision to prohibit publishing on activists' case.