Human rights reporting on Iran — executions and death sentences, political prisoners, the treatment of women and minorities, and press freedom — collected from independent English-language outlets.
‘Permanently damaged her’: Israel’s starvation of Gaza leaves children stunted In a small room in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, six-year-old Amira Rashid lies on a mattress, too weak to move. Her hands are bruised and blue from the intravenous drips she has been receiving. Under normal circumstances, the Palestinian girl would be preparing to start her first year of school later this month.
Israel’s starvation of Gaza leaves children stunted Submitted by Nada Nabil on Tue, 08/18/2026 - 14:45 Palestinian children and babies malnourished during Israel’s famine suffer lasting developmental problems and lack specialist care Ten-year-old Mohammed Ahmed Massoud al-Sousi, who suffers from malnutrition due to Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza, sits inside a tent in Gaza City on 6 May 2026 (Bilal Osama/IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters) Off In a small room in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood, six-year-old Amira Rashid lies on a mattress, too weak to move. Her hands are bruised and blue from the intravenous drips she has been receiving. Under normal circumstances, the Palestinian girl would be preparing to start her first year of school later this month.
Ten months after a ceasefire was declared, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are still reported missing.
The expanded use of surveillance technologies in Argentina during the first two years of the Javier Milei’s administration has served to expand states surveillance capabilities, profiling and reprisals in the country, creating a chilling effect on rights to privacy and freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The report, Sensing the Surveillance State, documents how the government implemented sweeping institutional reforms to expand its intelligence capabilities and therefore surveillance mechanisms, through executive decrees and resolutions. Between 2024-2025, it also acquired technologies worth at least US$1.
Israeli minister shows construction of dedicated execution unit for Palestinians Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared a video on Telegram on Tuesday showing the construction of a dedicated execution facility for Palestinians after the the death penalty law for detainees in the occupied territory was passed. “We promised – we are keeping it. I promised to worsen the conditions of terrorists in prisons – we kept it.
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Israeli soldiers number Palestinian detainees on their foreheads Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 08/18/2026 - 11:01 Troops round up Palestinian residents near Qabatiya and mark them with numbers before interrogating them Ahmad al-Hathnawi speaks to local media about being marked with numbers by Israeli soldiers during a military raid in Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank on 17 August 2026 (Screengrab/@qudsn/X) Off Israeli soldiers marked Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads and arms during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday. During the raid on Qabatiya, near Jenin, Israeli forces rounded up dozens of Palestinian residents, several of whom were marked with numbers on their foreheads and arms. Ahmad al-Hathnawi, who was marked with the number 44 on his forehead, said at least 50 people were detained, including women.
Canada has deported a former Iranian Interior Ministry spokesman who served during the deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in November 2019, Global News reported.
Former Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza asks Ben Gvir to let him execute Palestinian prisoners Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 15:19 Rom Braslavski rejected the use of a rope, saying he wanted to kill Palestinian detainees 'with my own hands' Palestinian Yaqub al-Saber is pictured at a hospital in Ramallah following his release from an Israeli prison, 8 July 2026 (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP) Off A former Israeli soldier who was held captive in Gaza asked National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to allow him to personally execute Palestinian prisoners during an interview published on Saturday, with the far-right minister responding that he would try to make it happen. Rom Braslavski, who was released from captivity in Gaza in October 2025, made the request while interviewing Ben Gvir in the first episode of his new podcast, October 8, according to footage from the programme and Israeli media reports. “I have a personal request,” Braslavski told Ben Gvir, asking the minister to let him be “the one who hangs them”, referring to Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
Iranian men conscripted into the Revolutionary Guards for their compulsory military service fear they and their families could lose the right to remain in Canada, after letters warned the mandatory stint may amount to membership in a terrorist organization.
US lawmaker calls for action against settler violence in the West Bank Amid escalating Israeli settler violence, US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on the Trump administration to pressure Israel into protecting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. "The ongoing siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank by violent, lawbreaking settlers is unacceptable. Enough," Jeffries said in a post on X.
Israeli settlers injure two Palestinians, set fire to agricultural lands in occupied West Bank Two young Palestinian men sustained injuries on Monday night after being assaulted by Israeli settlers in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news reported, citing local sources. Both men were subsequently taken to a hospital for medical treatment, the sources added. Meanwhile, Wafa also reported that Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli army, set fire to Palestinian-owned agricultural lands in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah.
Israeli forces raid Bethlehem rehabilitation hospital Israeli forces conducted a raid on the premises of the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation Hospital on Monday, inciting panic among patients and visitors and physically assaulting individuals within the facility's courtyard, Wafa news reported, citing local sources. In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health condemned the raid, emphasising that it constitutes a violation of international law and directly compromises the integrity of health services and patients' fundamental right to receive care in a safe environment.
'Political stunt': Cair slams Texas governor for threatening airports that install ablution stations for Muslims Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 18:58 Foot washing stations accommodate, but are not limited to, practising Muslims who perform five obligatory prayers a day Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott gives an interview on The Sunday Briefing programme on Fox News, on 16 August 2026 (Screengrab) Off The largest Muslim civil rights organisation in the US slammed the governor of Texas on Monday for his threats to withhold funding to airports in the state that build spaces to accommodate practising Muslims. "Of all the silly controversies that @GregAbbott_TX has manufactured about Muslims over the past year, the airport washing station outrage might be the most ridiculous. And hypocritical," the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) wrote on X on Monday.
Israel allows Jewish ritual at Al-Aqsa Mosque in unprecedented violation of status quo Israeli authorities have formally allowed Jewish prayer for the first time inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, in an unprecedented violation of the site’s decades-old status quo. Israeli police allowed settlers raiding the site on Sunday to bring in siddurim, or Jewish prayer books, and perform group prayers, according to a Palestinian source from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf. While such practices have occurred in the past, they have largely been carried out without official approval.
Almost a month after two prominent Iranian graphic designers were detained by security forces, friends and relatives of the pair have issued a statement demanding public disclosure of the charges against them and immediate access to independent legal counsel.
I stop people from bleeding to death. As a trauma and vascular interventional radiologist in Los Angeles, I find catastrophic bleeding and stop it within minutes. Still, I wasn’t prepared for what I saw in victims of Iran’s January protests inside and outside the country.
Reacting to the sentencing of Lev Shlosberg, deputy chair of the Yabloko party — the only registered Russian political party which has consistently opposed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and campaigned for a ceasefire and diplomacy — to 11 years and one month in prison, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia […] The post Russia: Anti-war politician Lev Shlosberg sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison amid mounting pressure on his Yabloko party appeared first on Amnesty International .
Israeli settlers paralyse Palestinian nurse in West Bank shooting Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 12:42 Muhammad Mutoor suffers a spinal cord injury in an attack near Hebron as settler violence escalates across the occupied Palestinian territory Armed Israeli settlers stand next to soldiers during an attack on Palestinians and international activists in Hebron on 14 August 2026 (Mamoun Wazwaz/IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters) Off Israeli settlers shot and partially paralysed a Palestinian nurse in a town near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. Muhammad Mutoor, 26, suffered gunshot wounds that severed his spinal cord during a settler attack on Sa'ir, a town northeast of Hebron. Another Palestinian man was also shot in the shoulder with live ammunition.
Iraq’s government must deliver on its human rights commitments to end systemic impunity for human rights violations, uphold women’s and girls’ rights, and guarantee fundamental freedoms, Amnesty International said today in an open letter to Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi marking three months since the adoption of a new ministerial programme. Three months after launching the […] The post Iraq: Government must chart a new course by ending impunity and upholding human rights appeared first on Amnesty International .
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