Human rights violations

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. 

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

Illustrative People step on an Iranian flag at a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 18, 2026.

Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says


UN condemns Myanmar human rights abuses against Muslim Rohingya

The resolution Myanmar’s government “to expedite efforts to eliminate statelessness and the systematic and institutionalized discrimination.”

Rohingya Muslim men look out from inside a police vehicle, as they are transported from a court hearing on charges of illegally travelling without proper documents, in Pathein, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar December 20, 2019

Pompeo: We'll continue to sanction Iran officials for human rights abuses

Pompeo also addressed the regime’s decision to shut down the Internet in the country.

US SECRETARY OF STATE Mike Pompeo shake hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem earlier this year.  Can the US administration be taken seriously when it comes to their interpretation of international law?

Facebook sues Israeli firm NSO over using WhatsApp to target human rights activists

"After the phone rang, the attacker secretly transmitted malicious code in an effort to infect the victim's phone with spyware."

The Facebook application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.

High profile hate speech case heard in South Africa’s Constitutional Court

Trade unionist Bongani Masuku threatened Jewish community in blog post and during a speech at a Johannesburg university

Protestors call for the severing of diplomatic ties with Israel during a march in Cape Town, South Africa.

Tentative allies lead the Mideast anti-trafficking effort

Creative and determined: a program makes a difference

Refugees in Israel

Rashida Tlaib accuses 'Netanyahu's regime' of human rights violations

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) listens to testimony during a hearing of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee on "Confronting White Supremacy (Part I): The Consequences of Inaction" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2019

Facing realism in Europe

These options can be summarized under three major policy prescriptions along which a new immigration policy would have to be designed.

European Union flags flutter as people take part in the demonstration "One Europe for all", a rally against nationalism across the European Union, in Vienna, Austria, May 19, 2019.

Exposing cheating human rights organizations

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.”

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.

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.