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.

JULY 1, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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

“Their stories serve as a powerful reminder that the atrocities of October 7 transcended borders and nationalities, touching Jewish communities across the globe”, Dr. Luis Andrade, president of ODIH

JUNE 16, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

IRAN AFFAIRS: Families of those executed or forcibly disappeared spoke with The Jerusalem Post about the Islamic regime’s brutal oppression of Iranians.

MAY 2, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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

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.

APRIL 26, 2026|ByOMID HABIBINIA/THE MEDIA LINE

Putin orders 'humanitarian corridor' in Syria's eastern Ghouta

More than 500 people have been killed in the strikes by pro-Assad forces in the past week.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018ByREUTERS

Wounded children in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

EXPOSED! 382 Political Plotters and their "Back Door Power Grab" for the $18 Trillion EU

FEBRUARY 25, 2018ByDAVID PRICE

Syria's Ghouta residents 'wait to die' as bombs fall

The area is being hammered by one of the heaviest bombardments in seven years of war that has killed at least 250 people in 48 hours.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018ByREUTERS

A civil defense member reacts at a damaged site after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria

Exhibition mocking Iranian human rights abuses to kick off in Brussels

The exhibition was created as a forceful response to the controversial International Holocaust Cartoon Competition which takes place annually in Iran.

FEBRUARY 20, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF

A cartoon from the upcoming Israeli Cartoon Project exhibition in Brussels, mocking Iran's human rights record

Germany permits Iranian regime mass murderer to flee the country

Iranian dissidents protest at Hamburg airport.

JANUARY 11, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Judge rules ACLU to visit ISIS fighter detained in Iraq

The man surrendered in mid-September to US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters pursuing an offensive against Islamic State’s former stronghold of Raqqa.

DECEMBER 24, 2017ByREUTERS

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

US sanctions North Koreans over forced labor, other alleged abuses

"Today's sanctions target the North Korean military and regime officials engaged in flagrant abuses of human rights," US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

OCTOBER 26, 2017ByREUTERS