Iran has opened a second case against Ahmad Seyyed-Abdollahi, who is serving a prison term after posting a video urging Donald Trump to protect demonstrators during January’s nationwide protests, sources familiar with the case told Iran International.
Hearing set to decide 'terror sentencing' of activists who targeted Barclays Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 08/06/2026 - 14:28 Judge Altham, who previously issued 'manifestly excessive' sentences to anti-fracking activists, is set to determine whether the offences carry a 'terrorist connection' The defendants allegedly spray painted and splintered windows at a Barclays bank branch in Burnley over its shares in Elbit Systems in August 2024 (Supplied) Off A judge has ordered a hearing in which he will decide whether five Palestine Action defendants convicted of criminal damage will be sentenced as terrorists. The five defendants - Brendon O’Hagan, 28, Amanda Kelly, 31, Hmeera Atiqnisar, 31, Mohammed Malik, 28, and Alma Yaniv, 70 - were found guilty in June 2026 of causing £212,000 ($283,000) worth of damage to a Barclays branch in Burnley in August 2024. Following their convictions, presiding Judge Phillip Parry told defence lawyers that he would consider applying a “terrorist connection”, despite jurors not being told about a potential terror sentencing in the case.
Amal Khalil was killed and her colleague Zeinab Faraj wounded in an Israeli attack in April; Israel denied targeting the journalists.
Israeli settler charged with manslaughter in first indictment since October 2023 An Israeli settler hs been charged with reckless manslaughter over the death of a prominent Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank, the first since October 2023. Yinon Levi is charged with reckless manslaughter in the death of Awdeh Hathaleen, a prominent activist who was involved in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. He also faces chargs of armed trespassing and malicious property damage during a July 2025 incident in which settlers operated a large excavator in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair.
Players stayed in country after Asian Cup in March Duo condemned as traitors in Iran for not singing anthem Two former Iranian footballers said on Thursday they were proud to have been granted Australian citizenship after being called traitors at home for refusing to sing the national anthem before a game. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were members of a group of seven from Iran’s delegation who asked for Australia’s protection after the protest during the women’s Asian Cup in March. Continue reading...
Rights groups denounce Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist as 'war crime' Three human rights organisations have denounced an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon that killed a journalist in April as a "war crime. " Amal Khalil, who worked for the daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, was killed, while freelance cameraperson Zeinab Faraj was wounded, in an attack on 22 April in the village of al-Tiri. The two women had taken shelter in a building after an Israeli strike targeted a car traveling ahead of them - the building itself was then targeted itself.
Court hears Palestine Action defendant suffered from emotional turmoil before Elbit raid Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Wed, 08/05/2026 - 10:08 Judge Patrick Field has sent jurors out to deliberate following the weeks-long trial over a raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August 2024 Julija Brigadirova is among eight defendants facing criminal damage and violent disorder charges in connection with a raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August 2024 (Supplied) Off A British court has heard that a defendant in a Palestine Action trial accused of planning a raid on an Israeli- owned arms factory was suffering from emotional turmoil at the time the coordination of the action was alleged to take place. Representing Julija Brigadirova, lawyer Tom Copeland told the court on Wednesday, that her circumstances around the time she was alleged to be planning the Filton action were marked by mental and emotional distress - including an attempt on her own life. Copeland suggested that the reason Brigadirova appears to be absent from the evidence of the alleged coordination of the Elbit raid in the weeks preceding it, is because “in the context of her life at the time, she may not have been in a place to usefully contribute”.
UK: Dozens of MPs urge Shabana Mahmood not to block evacuation from Gaza Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 08/06/2026 - 11:16 Palestinians who have applied to join an immediate family member in Britain have been blocked from doing so Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood makes a statement in the House of Commons in London on 13 July 2026 (AFP) Off More than 85 British MPs have written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood expressing concern over reports that the government is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza . Labour MP Kim Johnson sent a letter to Mahmood on Thursday which was signed by MPs from across different parties. Last September the Home Office suspended refugee family reunion applications pending the introduction of new, stricter rules, but these have not yet been announced.
FIFA’s current crisis spotlights the need for governance reforms and transparent systems to protect human rights, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. Though Gianni Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal has been rightly withdrawn, the growing calls for further measures should also address the deeper human rights crisis that, if ignored, risks yet another […] The post FIFA: Governance Crisis Reveals Urgent Need for Rights Reform appeared first on Amnesty International .
60 Palestinians detained, 16 wounded by Israeli forces in raid on Qalandiya and Kafr Aqab Israeli forces have detained some 60 Palestinians in a two-day long raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society reports. The group said in a statement that arrestees included women and children, and that, throughout the raid, people were subjected to severe beatings, intimidation and the use of restraint as a means of torture. Israeli soldiers demolished shops, raided dozens homes and evicted families from them.
They were among seven members of Iran's team to be granted humanitarian visas while in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup - but the other five changed their minds and returned home.
Iran has intensified its repression of ethnic minorities, particularly Kurdish and Baluch communities, through arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances and executions, a group of UN human rights experts said on Thursday.
The public execution of two protesters in Isfahan has renewed calls for the German city of Freiburg to end its 25-year twinning with the Iranian city, with activists arguing the partnership lends legitimacy to a state punishing dissent with death penalty.
Two former members of Iran’s women’s national football team who refused to sing the Islamic Republic’s anthem during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup became Australian citizens in Brisbane on Wednesday.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – With the Zionist regime’s continued obstruction of efforts towards securing the release of Farah Abu Ayyash, the captivity of the Palestinian journalist of the Tasnim News Agency has reached one year.
New posts 17:45 Iran Executed At Least 71 People In July, Says NGO Iran executed at least 71 people in July, including six who took part in mass anti-government protests at the turn of the year, according to Iran Human Rights (IHR), an NGO based in Norway.
Israeli rights group calls for independent health examination of Gaza doctor Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) petitioned an administrative court to urge the Israeli prison system to allow for an independent physician to examine Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya. Abu Safiya was detained from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza during an Israeli raid in late 2024 without formal charges or a trial. His health has since drastically detoriorated, with rights groups, activists and experts calling for his immediate release.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 5 (ANI): UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has raised alarm over the rise in executions and death sentences in Iran since March, saying capital punishment is being used to 'instill fear among the population and suppress dissent', as at least 56 people have been executed
In response to the court’s decision to grant alternatives to pretrial detention to prisoners of conscience and former ancestral authorities of Totonicapán’s 48 Cantons, Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán, Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: “We welcome the fact that Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán will be able to return to their families […] The post Guatemala: Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclán will be able to return home to their families appeared first on Amnesty International .
Six years after Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd vanished during a trip to the United Arab Emirates, many questions surrounding his abduction, imprisonment and death in the custody of the Islamic Republic remain unresolved.
