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Human rights now seem out of reach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rights groups condemn government harassment aimed at stopping human rights lawyer from speaking out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canada is escalating its assault on human rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Felix Klein minimizes right-wing threats to Jews in order to attack left, BDS [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Palestinian campaigner Omar Barghouti calls for Katharina von Schnurbein to be fired. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Probes led nowhere, but violated basic constitutional rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Belgium claims to support human rights but engages in lethal arms trade with Israel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lawyers for victims hail "decisive victory" in ongoing quest for justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Party must stop using membership suspension in an attempt to silence journalists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Move amounts to an undemocratic limitation on media freedom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"States with powerful friends can get away with destroying children's lives with impunity." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

150 European researchers demand end to funding of Israeli weapons firms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Israel faces growing difficulty finding global firms willing to help it break international law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on an internet video featuring students chanting "freedom for Palestine" indicting Israel's violations of Palestinian rights, condemning efforts to censor the Palestine solidarity movement in France.

The article reports that the children's agency United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has ended its contract with the international security and incarceration firm following the torture of Palestinian political prisoners and other Israeli human rights abuses.

The article reports that Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the killing of its own member Mahmoud Rushdi Ishteiwi by the Palestinian fundamentalist organization, Hamas, and talks of collaboration with the Israeli forces, need for legal measures to ensure justice, and blackmailing of patients by Israeli forces.

The article provides information on investigations made by security officials of Sweden against death threats at Margot Wallström, Swedish Foreign Minister including violence, policies, and human rights.

The article details the case in International Criminal Court (ICC) submitted by Bouthaineh al-Louh against killing of his family by Israeli forces on August 20, 2014, and refers to investigation by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights; accountability of Israeli crime, and United Nation's inquiry.

The article reports murder of Palestinian Abdallah al-Shalalda and abduction of his cousin Azzam Izzat Shaban al-Shalalda from al-Ahli hospital, Jerusalem, Israel by Israeli forces, and talks of Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and protest during the funeral of Abdallah al-Shalalda.

The article reports that two teenagers were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Hebron as revealed by a Palestinian human rights group.

The article highlights the response by the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. to February 2012 allegations from pro-Israel group the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) that it is anti-Semitic. The IPMN stresses that it opposes Israeli government policy that sustains illegal occupation and violates Palestinian human rights. It explains that the JCPA is attacking the policies, programs, social media and other communications of IPMN.

The author expresses his views about the mass graves discovered in Kashmir. He expects that if the suffering of the living in Kashmir did not awaken international concern, the revelations of mass graves must. He admits that it is to India's credit that the investigation has reached this point, but he does not believe that India will provide justice for victims without strong pressure and exposure. He concludes that the people in Kashmir must be given the right to determine their future.

The article presents a statement from the Boycott National Committee (BNC) in Palestine titled "Before and After September: The Struggle for Palestinian Rights Must Intensify" on the issue of diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state. It emphasized that recognition of a Palestinian state is not a substitute for the global struggle for Palestinian rights. It points out that the only yardstick by which any initiative should be measured is whether it addresses the restoration of the rights of all Palestinians.

The article focuses on an open letter sent to U.S. President Barack Obama by Middle East and democracy experts asking him to focus more of his foreign policy at making reforms in the region including improving human rights in 2009. It points out that the letter is encouraging the U.S. to end its fear of Islamist parties coming to power. The letter also stated that the U.S. should speak out in condemnation in case of the unjust imprisonment of opposition activists.