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.

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

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

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


PLO envoy to UNHRC: Buying settlement products abets an act of war

Israeli envoy says panel needs behavioral therapy to treat obsession with Israel.

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

Amnesty International slams IDF’s administrative detention policies

High Court’s new approach to detainment side-steps forced-feeding law.

IDF seizes illegal weapons in West Bank raid

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