Human rights
UN Watch demands democracies explain election of human rights abusers to UN positions
In UN Watch's press release, the NGO cited the UN's Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) recent nomination of Iran to the UN’s Committee for Program and Coordination.
MK Kariv, Zulat Institute, Rabbis for Human Rights ask High Court to strike down death penalty law
US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce
Iran executes man allegedly tied to attack on military site during mass protests
Internet restoration in Iran begins as rights groups warn of deepening crisis
NetBlocks, a privately held global internet monitor, also claimed that there were signs of "an attempt to generate false traffic and manufacture narratives of a wider restoration."
Jordan officials use products from Israeli company to violate activists privacy, rights - report
The Citizen Lab states that the use of Cellebrite's tool "likely violates international human rights law."
Iranian man pretends to be dead for three days, fearing a regime execution - report
According to the account shared by the IHRDC, the family of the man spent three days looking for their son, who had gone missing, searching hospitals and the Behesht Zahra cemetery.
Iran's internet to return to normal by Friday, official announces
Afshin declared that "by order of the president, nationwide internet access will be restored from today to tomorrow and at the latest by the end of the week," which in Iran is on Friday.
CBS airs El Salvador mega prison report weeks after pulling segment
The report on the prison holding US deportees was delayed from December 21, with CBS saying more reporting was needed.
Khamenei's gamble: Iran admits to the slaughter and counts on the world to look away - editorial
Khamenei himself bears the responsibility for this bloodshed.
Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester sentenced to death, confirmed alive by watchdog
Soltani was arrested during public protests in Karaj on January 8. He was the first to be sentenced to execution, an Iranian official told Reuters.
Fake Western morality is fueled by Qatari money - opinion
For years, billions of dollars have flowed from Qatar into Western academic institutions.
Restore constitutional monarchy to honor lost Iranian lives - opinion
The Iranian protests call for monarchy restoration, but the world refuses to report what the protesters really want.
Israel’s post-Oct. 7 emergency detentions risk becoming permanent law, rights groups warn
The measures, first enacted on December 18, 2023, as a temporary amendment to the Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law, have since been extended six times.
