United Nations Human Rights Committee

March 5, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Algeria Releases Blogger Jailed for Interview with Israel

Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.

July 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Call to release Algerian blogger imprisoned for interviewing Israeli MF

Human Rights Watch urged Algeria on Sunday to release a blogger who launched a hunger strike on July 8 to protest his seven-year prison term he received after interviewing an Israeli Foreign Mini...

September 27, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

What Does Today’s German Election Mean For Israel?

The German federal election on Sunday has tremendous significance for Israel, largely because the Federal Republic is one of Israel’s most important allies within the European Union....

January 4, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Int’l outcry over imprisoned Iranian rights activist on hunger strike

The 70-day hunger strick by Iranian civil rights activist Arash Sadeghi, on the verge of death at Evin Prison in Tehran for protesting his wife’s incarceration, sparked a social media and p...

August 4, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran executes gay teenager in violation of international law

Iran's regime executed a gay adolescent in July - the first confirmed execution of someone convicted as a juvenile in the Islamic Republic in 2016 - Amnesty International reported this week....

February 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Making Sense of Hamas’s Visit to Bulgaria

The arrival of three Hamas representatives in Bulgaria last week – believed to have obtained their visas in Cairo – and...

December 3, 2012 | |

Georgian Dream Shows Its Dark Side

Georgia's president-elect is putting the country in strong danger of losing its hard won democracy.

August 3, 2011 |

‘Representing’ Al-Qaeda

Bravely entering the lion’s den — delivering a speech in praise of left-wing, “pro bono” lawyering to a group of left-wing, pro bono lawyers — Attorney General Eric...

December 8, 2006 | World Defense Review |

Hezbollah Offensive in Lebanon: Days One, Two, and Three

DAY ONE After serious warnings delivered by Hezbollah secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah since early November, the generalized offensive to bring down the Cedars Revol...

September 9, 2004 | FrontPage Magazine

Symposium: Darfur – Islam’s Killing Fields

Why is it that -- yet again -- another Arab League member is massacring its minority populations? Why is the Western media reluctant to identify the religion and ethnicity of the mass murderers a...