Human rights violations

Iranian political prisoner accused of conspiring with Israel brutally beaten in prison

He was left with broken ribs, broken hands, and facial injuries after he was attacked in Qazvin Central Prison in Iran, human rights groups said on Wednesday, sharing images of the injuries.

JULY 1, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Mohammad Reza Morad Bahrouzi was beaten in an Israeli prison over alleged communication with oppostiion groups or groups affiliated with Israel.

Dr. Luis Andrade, president of the ODIH, presenting the commemoration tribute to two members of the Porto Jewish Community, Dara Jeffreys (Left) and Liat Cohen (right).

Portuguese human rights organization honors the victims of Hamas' October 7 massacre

“Their stories serve as a powerful reminder that the atrocities of October 7 transcended borders and nationalities, touching Jewish communities across the globe”, Dr. Luis Andrade, president of ODIH

JUNE 16, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE. The Mama family, whose father Osman was detained by Iranian security forces in 2022 and has not been heard from since.

'Be our voice': Brutalized Iranians speak of loved ones taken by the Islamic regime

IRAN AFFAIRS: Families of those executed or forcibly disappeared spoke with The Jerusalem Post about the Islamic regime’s brutal oppression of Iranians.

MAY 2, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

THREE WOMEN - Sharifeh Mohammadi, Pakhshan Azizi, and Varisheh Moradi - are at risk of death following the confirmation of their death sentences.

Sexual abuse in Iranian prisons sharply rises as population repression increases during ceasefire

One young woman told The Media Line that she was sexually assaulted during interrogation, and that heavily-built officers used batons to carry out the abuse.

APRIL 26, 2026|ByOMID HABIBINIA/THE MEDIA LINE

Exposing cheating human rights organizations

JULY 11, 2019ByMANFRED GERSTENFELD

A balloon found at Gaza crossing to be used as an incendiary device.

Netanyahu: U.N. set new hypocrisy record with Israeli war crimes allegation

"Israel rejects outright the report of the UN Human Rights Council, which sets new records of hypocrisy and lies, out of obsessive hatred of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East.”

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 45th Israel mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, February 18th, 2019

Human Rights NGO condemns Iran for forty-years of continued violations

Progetto Dreyfus is a "non-profit association that fights against antisemitism, fundamentalism and any kind of discrimination" and as noted, has recently set its sights on Iran.

FEBRUARY 12, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER, BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Demonstrators wave Iran's flag and hold up a picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a ceremony to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran's Azadi square February 11, 2012.

B’Tselem slams Israel at French human rights award ceremony

“The occupation is organized, continuing state violence that leads to dispossession, killing and oppression,” El-Ad said at the French Justice Ministry.

DECEMBER 10, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV

B’Tselem CEO Hagai El-Ad in his acceptance speech for the Human Rights Awards of the French Republic in Paris December 19, 2018

UNHRC appoints new Gaza probe chairman

Canton replaces US legal expert Michael Crane, who was appointed to the post on July 25 and resigned from the position on August 23 for unspecified personal reasons.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF