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| Jul.20 |
 Israel |
 Israel probes 'detainee shooting' Israel has launched an inquiry after a human rights group released footage that appears to show a soldier shoot a Palestinian detainee
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| Jun.30 |
 Iran |
Iran condemns 'Israeli spy' to death Tehran's Revolutionary Court convicted Ali Ashtari, 45, of spying for Mossad, in exchange for money
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| May.23 |
Saudi Arabia |
Activist seized by secret police
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| Apr.29 |
Turkey |
Controversial law reformed
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| Apr.26 |
Saudi Arabia |
Blogger freed from jail
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| Mar.17 |
 Iraq |
 Human rights groups see disaster in Iraq As the war reaches its 5-year anniversary, two of the humanitarian groups issued extensive reports describing a crisis of huge proportions
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| Mar.5 |
 Gaza |
Life in Gaza cited worst since 1967| A human rights coalition charged that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967 | |
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| Feb.23 |
Saudi Arabia |
Men arrested for 'flirting'
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| Feb.19 |
Baghdad |
Iraq to round up homeless, mentally ill
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| Jan.27 |
 Beirut |
7 die in clash with Lebanese troops At least 4 opposition protesters were killed in the southern suburbs while protesting the government's electricity rationing
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| Jan.21 |
 Saudi Arabia |
Rape case lawyer 'reinstated' Lawyer and human rights activist Abdul Rahman al-Lahem represented a woman kidnapped and raped by seven men
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| Dec.19 |
Northern Iraq |
Torture house discovered Coalition forces found 26 bodies buried in mass graves and a torture complex, with chains hanging from walls and ceilings
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| Dec.5 |
Saudi Arabia |
Rape lawyer faces disciplinary hearing The lawyer who represented a gang rape victim had his disciplinary hearing for'insulting the Supreme Judicial Council' postponed
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| Nov.27 |
Saudi Arabia |
FM: Court to review sentence A court will review the case of a teenage gang rape victim sentenced to jail and flogging after she was convicted of violating the sex segregation...
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| Nov.24 |
Saudi Arabia |
Gov't: Rape victim had illegal affair
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| Nov.21 |
Saudi Arabia |
Rape victim's husband blames judge
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| Nov.19 |
Saudi Arabia |
Lawyer in rape victim plea
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| Nov.9 |
Iran |
Iran 'must free' woman activist
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| Aug.21 |
Iran |
Iran frees detained US academic
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| Jul.18 |
Iran |
Detained US-Iranians interviewed  State TV has broadcast a program based on interviews with 2 Iranian-American academics who have been detained in Tehran since May
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| Jul.16 |
Iran |
Poll: Iranians want democracy
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| Apr.7 |
Iran |
 CIA tortured me, says Iran envoy Jalal Sharafi, diplomat freed after being abducted in Iraq in February, has said he was tortured by his captors
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| Mar.27 |
Iran |
  Iran: Inquiry first, access second Britain will be allowed to make contact with 15 sailors as soon as a preliminary investigation has been completed
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| Nov.19 |
Baghdad |
 Saddam trial 'flawed and unsound' | Human Rights Watch: The trial was so flawed that he did not get a fair trial and its verdict is unsound | |
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| Dec.5 |
Baghdad |
 Witness at Hussein trial describes torture| The witness is describing the torture of man from a Shiite village in 1982: 'They broke all his body parts' | |
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| Nov.27 |
Iraq |
Ex-PM: Abuse as bad as Saddam era Ayad Allawi: Human rights abuses in Iraq are as bad as they were if not worse
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| Nov.26 |
 Azerbaijan |
Police break up mass rally Police in Baku have used truncheons, tear gas and water cannon to disperse a protest over the election results
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| Nov.15 |
Baghdad |
Detainees 'found starving'| The government begun an investigation into the abuse of more than 170 detainees held by Iraqi forces | |
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| May.12 |
 Turkey |
 Trial of Kurdish leader 'unfair' The European Court of Human Rights: Turkey's trial of Abdullah Ocalan was unfair
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| Mar.1 |
Lebanon |
  U.S. hails Lebanese democracy move Pro-Syrian president was searching for a new prime minister to replace Karami
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| Jan.23 |
Iraq |
 'Zarqawi tape: Democracy a lie' An Internet recording claiming to be from wanted terrorist said participants in election are enemies of Islam
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| May.16 |
Jerusalem |
Israel 'to step up demolitions' The army plans to destroy hundreds more homes in the Gaza Strip
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| Oct.10 |
Iran |
 Rights activist Ebadi wins Nobel Shirin Ebadi has won the 2003 Peace Prize for her focus on the struggle to improve the status of women and children
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| Jun.13 |
Iran |
 Militia attack Tehran protesters| Security forces and hardliners have clashed with large crowds who were protesting against clerical rule | |
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| Aug.2 |
Turkey |
Key reform package passed
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