After days of public mourning ceremonies in the Iranian capital, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin arrived in Tehran’s Azadi Square. This is what I saw covering the miles-long procession on Monday.
Israel's police force says the officer acted "not in accordance with procedure" and that it has opened an investigation.
Two former Syrian officials went on trial in Vienna, Austria, accused of crimes against opponents of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad
British nationals Craig and Lindsay Foreman remain on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin prison and have been denied adequate medical care, essential medicine and family phone calls, US-based rights group HRANA reported on Monday.
Reacting to news that environmental activist Esra Işık has been convicted of “resisting a public official to prevent them from performing their duty” and “insulting a public official” for taking part in a peaceful protest against an urgent expropriation decision that is paving the way for a project to expand a coal mine in south-western […] The post Türkiye: Conviction of peaceful environmental activist Esra Işık, “a devastating blow” appeared first on Amnesty International .
Israeli authorities must immediately release the arbitrarily detained Palestinian paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Amnesty International said today, amidst reports from a lawyer who visited him that there is an imminent threat to his life as a result of torture and other ill treatment he has been suffering while […] The post Israel/ OPT: Fears mounting for arbitrarily detained Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya amidst reports his life is in grave danger appeared first on Amnesty International .
Reacting to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola’s, condemnation of racist chants from members of parliament Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe said: “The ugly scenes of Members of the European Parliament chanting ‘send them back’ last month is the product of long-standing racism and xenophobia being tolerated and emboldened […] The post EU: ‘Send them back’ chants a moment of reckoning to confront racism in Europe appeared first on Amnesty International .
Critics of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s brutal rule have been angered by the scale of the commemorations being held to honor his life.
Video: Israeli soldier appears to throw stun grenade into car full of young Palestinians Footage appears to show an Israeli soldier firing a stun grenade into a car full of young Palestinians during a raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. The soldier can be seen shouting at a group of young men who were sitting inside a car, raising his gun, before throwing the grenade and seemingly forcing the car door closed as it went off. In a different angle, two young men on the other side of the car were seen escaping before the grenade went off.
Lethal weapon: How Bollywood's 'Chauhaan' trivialises the suffering of Kashmiris maimed by Indian forces Submitted by MEE correspondent on Mon, 07/06/2026 - 09:28 Rights advocates say new film is just the latest in a long line of movies to sanitise India's state violence in Kashmir Kashmiri volunteers and medical workers carry an injured youth wounded by pellet fire during clashes in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, at a hospital in Srinagar, 29 May 2019 (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP) Off Behind his thick glasses, 25-year-old Inam Ahmad’s eyes move with a strained flicker, a visible reminder of the permanent damage inflicted by pellet guns in Indian-administered Kashmir. “My life is not only dark. I live with the pain every day as the pellets in my skull move or heat up,” says Ahmad, who lost 80 percent of his eyesight in 2017 at the age of just 16 when pellets fired by Indian armed forces pierced his skin and lodged inside his head, behind his eyes.
The West must to act to save Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from being killed by Israel Submitted by James Smith on Mon, 07/06/2026 - 10:03 Dr Abu Safiya must be immediately released. So too should all Palestinian detainees, including the 82 other healthcare workers still in Israeli prisons Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and still held in detention, appears via video link at the Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem on 10 June, 2026 (Reuters) On On 1 May 2024, I met Palestinian paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital , Dr Hussam Abu Safiya , in Gaza. Two years later, he is at imminent risk of being killed in Israel ’s notorious Nitzan Prison, after being held captive for more than 550 days.
Ongoing restrictions and closures of border crossings continue to hamper delivery of critical supplies into the Gaza Strip, amid mounting concern for children there and in the West Bank, the United Nations said on Monday.
Responding to new findings by Citizen Lab that the device of former member of the European Parliament, Stelios Kouloglou, was infected with Pegasus spyware between October 2022 and March 2023, while he was serving on a European Parliament committee investigating Pegasus and other similar spyware, Elina Castillo Jiménez, Advocacy and Policy Advisor for the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said: “The fact that Stelios Kouloglou’s device was infected with an intrusive form of spyware that only governments can procure, while he […] The post Europe: Brazen hacking of former MEP investigating Pegasus abuses exposes painful inaction over spyware appeared first on Amnesty International .
Why Canada stands with Ukraine but not Gaza Submitted by Jeremy Wildeman on Wed, 07/01/2026 - 20:24 Ottawa's double standards are on full display as it condemns Russia's war, while enabling Israel's genocide Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend the G7 summit in France on 16 June 2026 (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/AFP) On Ottawa speaks about international law and human rights only when it suits western geopolitical interests. The contrast between Canada’s response to Israel over the Gaza war, and Russia over the Ukraine conflict, highlights the government’s dangerous double standards, which come at the expense of the legitimacy of global norms. This analysis, co-authored with Joseph Bouchard , of Canadian government statements on both conflicts shows a clear contrast.
Son of Gaza doctor Abu Safiya urges for his release 'before it's too late' Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya's son has issued an emotional appeal calling on governments, international organisations and people around the world to act urgently to save his father's life. Elias warned that his father's health condition is dire, saying: "We still call out, plead and appeal to all of the free people of the world and to everyone with an ounce of humanity in their heart to save my father's life before it's too late. " "Perhaps this will be the last cry, perhaps we will never be able to check on my father again and perhaps the next news will be the final news.
Israel's Supreme Court orders government to respond to concerns over Gaza doctors The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the Israeli government to submit a response by next Tuesday to a petition filed by the Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) that demanded the release of 14 doctors from Gaza. While this petition was filed in late April, the Israeli government has repeatedly requested a postponement to submit a response to the rights group - which was accepted by the court each time. The latest decision came after the government attempted to submit yet another extension.
Cattle have been filmed feeding on hospital waste at a landfill in northern Iran, exposing failures in waste management that risk contaminating livestock, soil and the human food chain, according to a report by Rokna website on Saturday.
Court documents have revealed extensive alleged contacts between a former Swedish Migration Agency employee and Iranian intelligence, raising concerns that sensitive information about asylum seekers and critics of the Islamic Republic may have been compromised.
More than 140 Palestinian citizens of Israel killed this year More than 140 Palestinian citizens of Israel have been killed so far this year, a 12 percent increase from the same period in 2025, according to data cited by AFP from the Abraham Initiatives, an organisation that promotes coexistence between Jewish and Arab communities. The deaths have been linked largely to criminal gangs, family feuds, widespread access to firearms and what many community members describe as inadequate police enforcement. AFP reported that if the current pace continues, the number of killings could surpass the record 252 deaths recorded in 2025.
Palestinian official calls for international intervention as settler violence escalates in West Bank Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and Israeli human rights activists across several areas of the occupied West Bank over the weekend, leaving more than 20 people wounded, according to Palestinian and Israeli media reports. Incidents included stone-throwing, pepper spray attacks and assaults near Abu Falah, Baytillu and Salfit. Palestinian news agency WAFA said that presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh on Saturday called for urgent international intervention and protection for Palestinians, warning the situation risked spiralling further.
