UNICEF ‘outraged’ by killing of Gaza water truck drivers, urges investigation
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarm over the killing of two contracted workers delivering clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.
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Iranian assaulted in London amid concern over threats to regime critics
Iran International has received reports that an Iranian man was violently assaulted in central London. The Metropolitan Police are understood to be investigating.
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Torture, coerced confessions and fear: A young father's ordeal reflects Iran's escalating crackdown on Baha'is
Tehran [Iran], April 18 (ANI): In a dim, windowless cell inside a detention facility in Iran's southeastern city of Kerman, 29-year-old Borna Naimi clings to fragments of normalcy--his young daughter's drawings taped to a wall, small reminders of a life interrupted.
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HRW calls on governments to suspend arms sales to Israel
HRW calls on governments to suspend arms sales to Israel Human Rights Watch (HRW) has decried the Israeli bombing of the Qasmieh bridge, the main access point for civilians in southern Lebanon to food, medical supplies, and other humanitarian aid. The Israeli military destroyed the bridge on 16 April, hours before a ceasefire was announced. "As the deliberate attack destroyed the last main operational crossing for civilians and aid, with the prospect of immense civilian harm, the attack should be investigated as a potential disproportionate attack on civilians, which would be a war crime," HRW said in a statement.
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Israel lists top anti-Semite influencers
The report conflates criticism with anti-Jewish sentiment, British-Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan, number five on the roster, has told RT Israel's Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism has published its list of top ten "anti-Semite and anti-Zionist" influencers for 2025.
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Iranian soccer players in Australia thankful for 'safe haven'
(Photo credit: Mingson Lau/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK) Two members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were granted asylum in Australia last month, released a joint statement Friday thanking the Australian government for assistance with 'the process of rebuilding our lives.
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UK: Footage used in Palestine Action trial contains 'perceived gaps', court hears
UK: Footage used in Palestine Action trial contains 'perceived gaps', court hears Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Fri, 04/17/2026 - 16:05 Police officer tasked with retrieving videos of the raid on an Elbit Systems factory says the company's CCTV system was 'not fit for purpose' A van allegedly used by Palestine Action to break into the Elbit Systems factory in Bristol (X) Off Footage used in the trial of six Palestine Action activists facing charges connected to a break-in to an Israeli -owned arms factory contains "perceived gaps", a UK court has heard. Defendants Charlotte Head, 29, Jordan Devlin, 31, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, Samuel Corner, 23, and Leona Kamio, 30, face charges of criminal damage in connection with a break-in to a factory owned by Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems near Bristol in August 2024. Corner additionally faces a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent for allegedly striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.
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The Palestinian woman on the cover of L'Espresso: Settlers were ready to kill us
The Palestinian woman on the cover of L'Espresso: Settlers were ready to kill us Submitted by Mohammed Turkman on Fri, 04/17/2026 - 13:01 Meead Abu al-Rub speaks to MEE about the Italian magazine cover that has made her famous, and about what armed Israeli settlers did that day An armed Israeli settler films Meead Abu al-Rub in the occupied West Bank, 12 October 2025. The photograph, by Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo, featured on the front cover of L'Espresso magazine (Pietro Masturzo/L'Espresso) Off Meead Abu al-Rub is watching the widely circulated video footage of her being harassed and abused by Israeli settlers last October during the olive harvest season. The 35-year-old Palestinian , who is now known around the world after a picture of her being taunted by one of the settlers appeared on the cover of Italian magazine L’Espresso, recalls what happened that day.
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Madagascar: Immediately end repression of Gen Z activists and protect right to protest
Reacting to an intensifying campaign of repression against Gen Z activists and civil society members by Madagascar’s military authorities, which took power following a coup in October 2025, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: “Malagasy authorities are using deliberately vague charges of criminal conspiracy, threats to national security and […] The post Madagascar: Immediately end repression of Gen Z activists and protect right to protest appeared first on Amnesty International .
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UK Telegraphs new German owner imposes pro-Israel bias journalist
The Jewish states right to exist is now the papers No. 2 core editorial policy, Owen Jones has reported, citing a source The Daily Telegraph's incoming owner, German-based media conglomerate Axel Springer, is demanding that its employees now stick to a pro-Israel stance, British journalist Owen Jones has reported, citing a letter circulated among staff.
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'All changed with the genocide': Palestinian women and girls face brutal abuse in Israeli jails
'All changed with the genocide': Palestinian women and girls face brutal abuse in Israeli jails Submitted by Victoria Brittain on Thu, 04/16/2026 - 16:01 More than 700 have been arrested since the Gaza genocide began, enduring brutal conditions of starvation, isolation and humiliation Israeli soldiers keep watch as Palestinians gather at the Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on 20 February 2026 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) On Once you picture schoolgirls, university students, mothers, aunts and grandmothers lying on their stomachs in prison pyjamas - their hands tied behind their backs, and soldiers looming over them, beating them if they move even slightly - you cannot forget the image. When you hear a female prisoner say she has "nothing but her heart", you immediately grasp how prison can dismantle lives. Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is marked every year on 17 April to spotlight ongoing human rights violations - and today, conditions are worse than ever.
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Palestinians observe Prisoner’s Day amidst 83% increase in number of prisoners since October 2023
Palestinians observe Prisoner’s Day amidst 83% increase in number of prisoners since October 2023 Palestinians are marking Prisoner’s Day as over 9,600 Palestinians, including 350 children, remain incarcerated in Israeli prisons, according to Wafa news agency. Around half of those imprisoned at the moment are being held without charge or trial, Wafa reported. The Wafa report stated that the number of Palestinian prisoners has increased by 83% since the onset of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023.
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Israeli settlers raid homes of displaced Palestinian communities near Jericho
Israeli settlers raid homes of displaced Palestinian communities near Jericho Israeli settlers attacked the homes of displaced Palestinian Bedouin families and chased shepherds in Balqa, north of Jericho, Wafa news agency reported. According to Wafa, a local Palestinian rights group noted that these families had been previously displaced in July 2025. As of March 31, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that over 1,700 Palestinians have been displaced by settler violence, already surpassing the total number of those displaced in 2025.
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'The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants': Pope Leo XVI
'The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants': Pope Leo XVI Pope Leo XVI during a visit to Cameroon has slammed world leaders for manipulating religion for war. “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants. ” Pope Leo XVI has said the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” during a visit to Cameroon, criticising world leaders for manipulating religion for war pic.
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Attacks on US Muslims rose eleven-fold this year alone, advocacy group says
Attacks on US Muslims rose eleven-fold this year alone, advocacy group says Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Thu, 04/16/2026 - 17:21 The Muslim Public Affairs Committee attributes the rise to the US-Israeli war on Iran Members of the Muslim community attend prayers outside Masjid-At-Taqwa during Eid al-Fitr celebrations in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on 30 March 2025 (Charly Triballeau/AFP) Off Attacks on Muslim-American individuals and institutions are at a 15-month high under the Trump administration, the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (Mpac) revealed on Thursday. The group documented an eleven-fold increase in targeted incidents in the first three months of this year alone. At least nine of the attacks occurred in March, ranging from vandalism and bomb threats at mosques to sexual assaults against Muslim women, according to Mpac's policy paper entitled, "The Pitfalls of Operation Epic Fury: How the Undeclared War Against Iran Hurts Americans’ Interests Abroad and at Home.
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Iran International says London attack part of campaign to silence it
An attempted attack near the London studios of Iran International has heightened concerns over what the broadcaster says is a growing campaign of intimidation targeting its staff.
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Statement by the Iran International Editorial Board on escalating threats and intimidation
Iran International condemns the attempted attack near its London studios on the evening of 15 April.
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Apple TV accused of whitewashing genocide after announcing new Israeli series
Apple TV accused of whitewashing genocide after announcing new Israeli series Submitted by Reem Aouir on Thu, 04/16/2026 - 14:02 Social media users say trailer for 'Unconditional' helps normalise Israel's image amid its multiple wars in Mena region Unconditional, an Israeli series for Apple TV, will premiere in May (Apple TV) Off Apple has come under fire after its streaming service started advertising for a new Israeli thriller, with people accusing the tech giant of normalising Israel and its army amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza and wars in the Mena region. The trailer for Unconditional, an eight-part drama, was released on Wednesday. It depicts Gali (Talia Lynne Ronn), a 23-year-old dressed in military uniform in the first shot, as being arrested in Moscow on drug-smuggling charges, and her mother Orna (Liraz Chamami), who tries to unravel what authorities allege her daughter is really mixed up in - "something critical for Israeli National Security", as one character tells Orna on screen.
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Burkina Faso: Dissolution of more than a hundred NGOs and associations shows intensifying crackdown on civil society
Reacting to the announcement of the dissolution of 118 NGOs and associations in Burkina Faso, Ousmane Diallo, Senior Researcher on Sahel at Amnesty International’s Regional Office for West and Central Africa, said: “We are alarmed and deeply concerned by this flagrant attack on the right to freedom of association. Dissolving NGOs and associations is at […] The post Burkina Faso: Dissolution of more than a hundred NGOs and associations shows intensifying crackdown on civil society appeared first on Amnesty International .
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Dozens Detained During Easter Gatherings in Turkmenistan
Several dozen Turkmen citizens who visited Balkanabat's only Christian church to celebrate Catholic and Orthodox Easter were detained before entering the church premises, according to several eyewitnesses.
