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'


Terra Incognita: A radical left that became a radical right

There will always be radical true believers whose ostensible cause, whether it is animal rights or environmentalism, leads them to do things that are diametrically opposite to the values they hold.

Ezra Nawi

Report: Iraqi woman kills ISIS commander that forced her into sex slavery

A report of the incident emerged just days after a number of "non-Iraqi" sex slaves were transported to Mosul under the direct orders of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Kurdish Women Battle Islamic State.

The Lost Intellectual Maturity of Human Rights

The Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Iran nuclear agreement won’t improve human rights

Rather than improving the human rights situation, more “hangings, arrests, and repression,” can instead be expected.

Iranian drug addicts in Tehran

The urgent case for humanitarian intervention in Syria

The Jerusalem Post

Rights group: Israel abuses arrested Palestinian minors; IDF: Denies claim

Human Rights Watch interviewed five Palestinian minors whom the authorities arrested or detained in separate incidents for allegedly throwing rocks.

Palestinian children take part in a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day.

In light of the Iran deal, giving up on Europe would be a very bad move for Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Schabas: There is a distortion in the attention given against Israel in the UNHRC

Former UNHRC committee chair William Schabas admits that Israel has disproportionately received more human rights condemnations than all other nations combined.

William Schabas

Analysis: Looking at the cup half-full in UN human rights council vote

Israel was faced with a choice: either a watered-down resolution without any real operative significance that the EU countries would support, or a much tougher resolution.

Overview of a Human Rights Council special session at the United Nations in Geneva

The United Nations and its powers

Any attempt to impose the creation of a Palestinian state might well constitute an ultra vires act in violation of the UN Charter and international law.

Overview of a Human Rights Council special session at the United Nations in Geneva