Sharif University of Technology has issued preliminary expulsion orders for seven students, according to the student group United Students, in a move that rights advocates say reflects a broader postwar tightening of political and social control inside Iran.
Israel seizes church land in East Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority says The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it described as the Israeli seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan. In a statement posted on X, the ministry said Israeli authorities took control of the land on June 15, expelled the Patriarchate's representative, confiscated equipment, uprooted trees and enclosed the site with walls and gates. The ministry described the move as a "grave assault on church properties" and a "gross violation of the legal and historical status quo in occupied Jerusalem".
Israeli settlers vandalise Palestinian home in West Bank, report says Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the al-Hara’iq area south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The agency reported that the property was vandalised during the attack, adding to a series of incidents reported across the territory on Tuesday. Wafa also reported that Israeli forces assaulted a young Palestinian man in the Bir Qouza area of Beita, after which he was transferred to a local medical facility for treatment.
UN experts on Friday welcomed the signing of a 14-point memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran but warned that any final agreement that fails to address human rights in Iran would be “fundamentally incomplete.
An organisation in 'crisis': Jewish anti-Zionists hit back at Board of Deputies Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Fri, 06/19/2026 - 16:04 Pro-Palestine groups contest the Board of Deputies of British Jews' statement about its protest outside the Great Israeli Real Estate Event Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators face off outside the Great Israeli Real Estate Event (Maya Saad/MEE) Off Anti-Zionist Jewish groups have responded to the statement issued by the Board of Deputies of British Jews condemning its protest outside a Great Israeli Real Estate Event in London on Sunday. The demonstration was co-organised by the groups Jewish Anti-Zionist Action (JAZA), International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) to oppose the sale of land and properties, including illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, promoted at the event. In its statement, the Board of Deputies attempted to claim the event, which was hosted by the Edgware United Synagogue in northwest London, did not market any real estate over the Green Line - the 1949 armistice line separating Israel from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces detain and attack Palestinians in occupied West Bank Israeli forces detained three young Palestinian men and attacked others with tear gas and sound bombs at a picnic site near Bethlehem, occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency. Wafa reported that the Israeli military also arrested a young man in a raid near Jenin, and conducted a raid on Qalqilya city.
Palestine Action: History will judge Britain for these draconian sentences Submitted by Barry Malone on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 21:40 Activists convicted over direct action against the UK's complicity in the Gaza genocide invite comparisons to the suffragettes before them Protesters hold a banner outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on 15 June 2026, amid a legal standoff between the government and Palestine Action (Carlos Jasso/AFP) On There are children in Gaza who shake when they hear that unmistakable buzzing sound, a buzzing sound that many of them have become horribly used to. It's the sound of Israeli drones, a foreboding hum that has become a daily soundtrack for an entire generation of traumatised Palestinian children. The machines are a particularly pernicious weapon in Israel's arsenal of ethnic extermination, capable of being modified for a variety of squalid purposes.
Palestine Action ban: Court ruling risks ‘slide into authoritarianism’, warn rights advocates Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Fri, 06/19/2026 - 09:56 Lawyers and campaigners say the Court of Appeal's deference to the home secretary on national security grounds sets a dangerous precedent for judicial oversight of executive power Police detain a protester opposing the proscription Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, following a Court of Appeal ruling, outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 15 June 2026 (Corey Rudy/Reuters) Off Campaigners and lawyers have warned that the Court of Appeal's ruling finding the ban on Palestine Action to be lawful has further blurred the lines of an already broad definition of terrorism, and that is has “dangerous” implications for the right to protest. On Monday, a five-strong panel of judges rejected a high court’s ruling quashing the ban. In a ruling in February, the High Court found the ban to be unlawful on three grounds: Firstly that then-Home Secretary Yvette Cooper had breached her own policy in deciding to proscribe.
After another deadly night of clashes in Lebanon, aid agencies issued a new alert for Gaza, where 265 Palestinian children have been killed since a ceasefire was announced in October 2025.
LONDON, U. K. : A man who has both British and Iranian citizenship has been charged over an arson attack in April on a memorial wall in north London, an area with a large Jewish community, police said on Wednesday.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 19 (ANI): The wife of Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh Bhargavi on Friday demanded a response from the State and Central government and sought clarity on compensation and benefits for the families of the deceased crew members.
Six million people around the world are being asked to sign a petition launched by Amnesty International today, to demand justice for the victims and survivors of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has spanned more than 30 years and claimed an estimated 6 million lives. The human rights organization’s “6 […] The post DRC: Amnesty International launches “6 million Voices for Justice for Congo” campaign, in renewed push for accountability for crimes under international law. appeared first on Amnesty International .
Musicians and production team understood to be facing same punishment after livestream of patriotic song The Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi’s YouTube channel in 2024. According to court documents, the criminal court of Qom province sentenced the artists to flogging, a two-year ban on leaving the country and a two-year ban on engaging in artistic activities on charges that include offending public decency through the production and publication of “vulgar and immoral content” on cyberspace platforms. Continue reading...
Doctor charged with 'spreading false news' in Egypt after highlighting obstetric violence in hospitals Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 18:40 Doctor Omnia Swedan was arrested and also charged with misusing social media, but then released on bail An image of Omnia Swedan taken from her social media account Threads (Threads/@omnia. swedan) Off Omnia Swedan, an Egyptian doctor, was released on bail on Wednesday evening local time after being investigated on charges of spreading false news and misusing social media. Swedan appeared before the eastern branch of the Alexandria Public Prosecution.
Exclusive: ICC member states to vote on Karim Khan probe in New York on 24 July Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are due to convene in New York City on 24 July for a consequential vote on the disciplinary proceedings involving prosecutor Karim Khan, Middle East Eye can reveal. Multiple diplomatic sources have confirmed that the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), the governing body of the court, decided on Wednesday the date and place of the special session to allow the 125 members of the ICC to vote on allegations of misconduct against the prosecutor. The bureau, a political body, suspended Khan on 8 June by a qualified majority after disregarding a judicial panel's opinion that found no evidence of misconduct.
Responding to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the USA and Iran to end a months-long war that spilled into neighbouring countries, killing more than 6,000 people across the Middle East and rattling the global economy, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “US and Iranian officials have signed a deal to end […] The post US-Iran deal must centre human rights and region must see real and sustainable end to hostilities appeared first on Amnesty International .
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate denounces Israeli seizure of church land in Jerusalem Submitted by Ayse Betul on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 16:22 Patriarchate launches a lawsuit and calls for international intervention to halt 'a broader campaign of land theft' A nun walks past Israeli police on Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem (AFP/Menahem Kahana) Off The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has denounced the “unlawful and illegitimate” Israeli seizure of its property in occupied East Jerusalem. In a statement on Wednesday, the Patriarchate said that it "expressed grave concern over the Israeli raid and land grab targeting its Church property in Silwan". During the operation, which took place on Monday, “the Patriarchate’s representative was forcibly removed, his equipment was confiscated, trees were uprooted, and the property was enclosed with fencing and gates”.
At Least 32 Lawyers Arrested, Prosecuted, or Imprisoned in Iran Since January 2026 Political Detainees, Death Row Prisoners at Grave Risk Without Independent Lawyers June 18, 2026 — As domestic repression intensifies across Iran, authorities have increasingly turned their attention to the country’s independent legal community. In just the first five months of 2026, at […] The post Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown appeared first on Center for Human Rights in Iran .
Inside the Oxford Union debate where Tommy Robinson lost to a Palestinian student from Gaza Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 10:14 The far-right leader was defeated in a fiery debate on Islam as hundreds of protestors surrounded the prestigious institution's building Tommy Robinson and Arwa Elrayess at the Oxford Union on Wednesday (MEE/Imran Mulla) Off On Wednesday night Britain's most notorious anti-Islam activist was hosted at the Oxford Union by a Palestinian student from Gaza who said she was upholding his right to free speech, before roundly defeating him in a debate on Islam. Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, arrived at the debating society to speak in support of the motion "This House believes the West is right to be suspicious of Islam". It failed to pass.
After a year of displacement, Tulkarm's Palestinians allowed home for two hours Submitted by Mojahid Nawahda on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 12:38 Residents granted brief access to retrieve belongings left behind after fleeing Israel's operation in the refugee camp Palestinians collect their possessions as Israeli forces stand nearby in the Tulkarm refugee camp, northern occupied West Bank, 17 June 2026 (Mojahid Nawahda/MEE) Off Carrying nothing but identity cards, displaced Palestinian families lined up outside Tulkarm refugee camp on Wednesday morning, waiting for permission to enter homes they had not seen since January 2025. More than 16 months after Israel launched its “Iron Wall” operation in the northern occupied West Bank, tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians remain unable to return to their homes in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. Some 45 displaced families from Tulkarm refugee camp were granted access for only two hours to retrieve personal belongings left behind when they fled, in an arrangement coordinated through the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee.
