Human rights

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."

An Iranian living in Japan, with taped mouth and carrying a sign, marches in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in Tokyo, Japan, January 18, 2026.
An engineer shows devices and explains the technology developed by the Israeli firm Cellebrite's technology on November 9, 2016

Jordan officials use products from Israeli company to violate activists privacy, rights - report

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.

Iranian man pretends to be dead for three days, fearing a regime execution - report

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on, in a televised message following the Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025.

Iran's internet to return to normal by Friday, official announces


Germany quietly cuts funding to two Israeli human rights organizations

An investigation by Deutsche Welle concluded the defunding of the two Israeli organizations is a precursor to cutting funds of other human rights organizations critical of Israel's conduct in Gaza.

 Germany and Israel national flag

Amnesty International suspends Israel branch for rejecting NGO's reports - exclusive

IB Amnesty International interim chair said that ""AI Israel has sought to publicly discredit Amnesty’s human rights research and positions."

 COPIES OF Amnesty International’s report named ‘Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians’ are put on display at a news conference in Jerusalem last year.

Uncertainty clouds fate of Syrians in Egypt after Assad ouster

Rights groups criticize new law, alleging definition of refugee is ambiguous, and authorities have the right to deport anyone they deem does not qualify.

 A Syrian, Ahmed al-Akhras, works at his car spare parts shop, in Cairo, Egypt December 12, 2024.

'Repressive and discriminatory': Int'l envoys urge Taliban to reverse policies excluding women

The session also reaffirmed the role of NGOs and humanitarian work in Afghanistan and the necessity of helping Afghans who are suffering in the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

 Hosna Salehi, whose family runs a charity called the House of Kindness, writes on a white board as she teaches children inside a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, October 27, 2024.

Iran moves political prisoner to solitary in preparation for execution over Israel ties, NGO says

Iranian authorities received a confession by torturing Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh, and he was quickly convicted, the NGO said. 

 A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.

Syrian rebel leader claims group wants to end Assad regime, see foreign forces withdraw - interview

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the rebel leader of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), told CNN rebels responsible for abusing dissidents had already been dealt with.

 A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is placed on a building in Damascus, after last week's rebel seizure of Aleppo marked the biggest offensive for years, Syria December 5, 2024.

Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF

The Associated Press writes that the increase in child members is related to the worsening of poverty in the country, increasing violence, and political instability.

 People carry belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2024.

History repeats: World feigns ignorance to Iran's network of terror - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Foreigners died fighting other people’s wars since antiquity, but Iran’s proxy scheme is unlike anything history has seen, or mankind can afford

 WEAPONS, INCLUDING Iranian ballistic missiles seized by the IDF during the ground operation in Lebanon, are displayed at a base in the South, last month.

Francesca Albanese alleges Palestinian doctor 'likely raped to death' in Israeli detention

Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh died in an Israeli prison after over four months of detention at both the Sde Teiman facility and Ofer Prison.

 Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West - opinion

In the end, it is not only Iran’s youth who suffer under this hypocrisy; it is the integrity of human rights itself.

 IRAN FANS wear t-shirts with the message: ‘Woman Life Freedom’ outside a stadium before a 2022 World Cup match between Iran and Wales in Qatar. Young Iranians have dared to imagine a future free from the stranglehold of a regime that views every breath of liberty as a mortal threat, says the writer