Human rights
EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses
VKontakte and several Russian surveillance firms were added to the EU sanctions list over alleged ties to the FSB and the repression of government critics.
Damascus yet to keep pledge to respect rights of detainees, UN inquiry team says
‘He never became a firefighter’: Abolfazl Jahedi, killed in Iran’s protest crackdown - interview
Iranians testify to ‘Post’ how regime murdered loved ones in January massacres
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.
Obtuse global piracy in Venezuela: Trump's illegal actions shatters US world standing - opinion
His invasion of Venezuela to seize its oil, under the pretense of combating drug trafficking, shatters the US's moral, legal, and ideological standing, while also violating international law
How Gazan medical professionals were complicit in hostage captivity, sexual assault - opinion
If medical professionals can participate in terror without accountability, then the laws meant to protect humanity have been hollowed out from within.
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Iran's treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in inappropriate conditions.
Between fear and hope, civic protest survives in Iran -opinion
What began as mourning for a human rights lawyer in Mashhad exposed Iran’s familiar strategy of turning grief into a threat and protest into a crime.
Venezuela's GNB guilty of crimes against humanity, including rape and torture, UN finds
"The torture, ill-treatment, and acts of sexual violence we have verified were not isolated incidents. They form part of a pattern of abuse used to punish and break victims," said head of UN mission.
