Human rights violations

'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.

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

 A security guard stands on a street, during early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Iranian security agents allegedly raped, tortured nurses detained for treating protesters - report

 A Human Rights Watch flag is pictured on the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva, Switzerland, November 7, 2024.

Human Rights researchers resign over ‘pulled’ report accusing Israel of 'crimes against humanity'


Syria's Ghouta residents 'wait to die' as bombs fall

The area is being hammered by one of the heaviest bombardments in seven years of war that has killed at least 250 people in 48 hours.

A civil defense member reacts at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Exhibition mocking Iranian human rights abuses to kick off in Brussels

The exhibition was created as a forceful response to the controversial International Holocaust Cartoon Competition which takes place annually in Iran.

A cartoon from the upcoming Israeli Cartoon Project exhibition in Brussels, mocking Iran's human rights record

Germany permits Iranian regime mass murderer to flee the country

Iranian dissidents protest at Hamburg airport.

Mahmoud Shahroudi in 2007

Judge rules ACLU to visit ISIS fighter detained in Iraq

The man surrendered in mid-September to US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters pursuing an offensive against Islamic State’s former stronghold of Raqqa.

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

US sanctions North Koreans over forced labor, other alleged abuses

"Today's sanctions target the North Korean military and regime officials engaged in flagrant abuses of human rights," US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un

Aid group warns of death among Rohingya in Bangladesh

"Many people are arriving hungry, exhausted and with no food or water."

Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 3, 2017.

As body count climbs, Iran moves towards softening drug laws

Around 5,000 people are on death row for drug related offenses in Iran.

An Iranian anti-narcotics policeman stands guard beside a display of confiscated drugs

Jordan scraps 'marry your rapist' law

No girl should be "presented as a gift" to her rapist, says a Jordan Parliamentarian.

Jordanian girls wave the flag of Jordan

25 year after Khojaly genocide: 'the unforgettable facts between denial and historical justice'

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US threatens to replace UN human rights body over anti-Israel stance

Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke publicly about the possibility of a US pull out when visiting Geneva last week.

Overview of the UN Human Rights Council during a debate at the United Nations in Geneva