At least 916 executed in Iran since January - rights group
Iran has carried out at least 916 executions since the start of 2026, including 15 so far in August, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said on Tuesday.
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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.
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EU, Western States Condemn Iranian Executions In 'Strongest Terms'
New posts 17:21 EU, Western States Condemn Iranian Executions In 'Strongest Terms' The European Union and 26 Western countries condemned Irans ongoing executions of protesters in the strongest terms on August 12, saying the countrys citizens must be permitted to gather and voice their views without risking their lives.
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US rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
US rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a statement, the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Institute called the sanctions "blatantly illegal". They said they are being forced "to curtail a wide range of human rights and legal work in violation of...
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US rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions
US rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 20:40 The president's targeting of the court has created legal risk for US-based human rights advocates A man takes a photograph of the exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands on 28 March 2026 (John Thys/AFP) Off Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a statement, the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Institute called the sanctions "blatantly illegal". They said they are being forced "to curtail a wide range of human rights and legal work in violation of...
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Iran security forces targeted protester’s monarchist tattoo, then killed him
Iranian security forces shot protester Farid Ramezani during the January protests in Tehran, then targeted his Pahlavi crown tattoo as he lay wounded before killing him with a shot to the forehead, a source familiar with the case told Iran International.
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Exclusive: ICC issued two secret arrest warrants for Taliban members for gender persecution
Exclusive: ICC issued two secret arrest warrants for Taliban members for gender persecution Submitted by Sondos Asem on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 16:01 International Criminal Court issued warrants last year after secret applications prepared under Karim Khan Afghan women along with a girl walk along a street in Loy Viala village in Afghanistan's Kandahar on 21 June 2026 (Sanaullah Seiam/AFP) Off Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two secret arrest warrants last year for senior members of the Taliban for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and political grounds, Middle East Eye can reveal. According to sealed documents and sources briefed on the matter, the warrants were issued confidentially by a panel of three judges in September 2025. This was two months after the same panel publicly issued arrest warrants for the Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Afghanistan’s chief justice, for the same crime.
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Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.
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Palestinian medics in Israel face incitement over unproven patient abuse claims
Palestinian medics in Israel face incitement over unproven patient abuse claims Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 15:34 Arab rights group condemns ministers for amplifying allegations against medical staff at Haifa hospital Hospital staff move a baby in an incubator to an underground facility for safety in Tel Aviv on 8 June after sirens sounded following Iranian attacks (AFP/Ilia Yefimovich) Off A body representing Palestinian citizens of Israel has condemned what it called an “obsessive campaign of incitement” by Israeli ministers against Arab medical staff in recent days. The High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel was referring to comments by Defence Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who called for an investigation into allegations that Arab medical workers mistreated wounded Israeli soldiers. The claims were made by relatives of a soldier wounded in Lebanon and treated at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa.
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Israeli settler who took part in brutal assault on Palestinians released from house arrest
Israeli settler who took part in brutal assault on Palestinians released from house arrest Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 13:05 During the March attack, six settlers bound Palestinians of all ages with zip-ties, beat them with wooden sticks, and threatened to kill them A Palestinian woman dries her clothes before being evacuated from Khirbet Humsa on 15 May 2019 (MEE) Off An Israeli settler who took part in a brutal attack in which a Palestinian man was stripped naked, had his genitals bound with a zip-tie and was paraded in front of his family has been released from house arrest. The Israeli army said in a statement on Monday that Tal Yinon Dardik, who reportedly took part in the 13 March attack on the Palestinian community of Khirbet Humsa in the occupied West Bank, was being freed from house arrest but would have to report to a police station twice a day. The army said that the decision came after the Jerusalem District Court ruled that the location of his house arrest was untenable.
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Israel holding bodies of 1,700 Palestinians as bargaining chips, says report
Israel holding bodies of 1,700 Palestinians as bargaining chips, says report Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 11:09 Shin Bet chief David Zini reportedly backs move despite no Israeli captives being held by Palestinian groups Body bags containing human remains after civil defence teams exhumed graves at Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, 7 December 2025 (AFP) Off Israel is holding the dead bodies of about 1,700 Palestinians as potential bargaining chips despite there being no Israeli hostages currently held by Palestinian armed groups, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported. According to the report, Shin Bet chief David Zini has urged Israel to retain the remains for possible use in future hostage negotiations, a position supported by the Israeli military. Haaretz reported that most of the remains belong to Palestinian combatants involved in the Hamas-led 7 October attack in 2023 but also include Palestinian civilians and 13 Israeli citizens.
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Lebanon: Abolition of death penalty a landmark victory affirming justice must be rooted in human rights
Responding to the Lebanese parliament’s approval of a law that abolishes the death penalty for all crimes, Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at, said: “Lebanon’s decision to abolish the death penalty marks a major milestone and a victory for human rights in the country. Justice must be […] The post Lebanon: Abolition of death penalty a landmark victory affirming justice must be rooted in human rights appeared first on Amnesty International .
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Israeli Regime Demolishes Palestinian Man’s Home Weeks after His Murder
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Less than three weeks after Palestinian man Farouk Ramadan was murdered while confronting Israeli occupiers, the Israeli regime blew up his home in the West Bank town of Tal.
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Israeli Regime Destroys West Bank Water Pipelines, Forces Palestinians from Homes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Israeli regime destroyed water pipelines, detained two Palestinian brothers and ordered residents to leave several homes during raids Monday across the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.
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Israel silent as Moscow seeks answers over missing historian
Artyom Kirpichenok, an outspoken Israel critic, has been missing since landing at Ben Gurion Airport last week Israeli authorities have remained silent on the fate of Russian-Israeli historian Artyom Kirpichenok, days after his reported detention and despite Moscow seeking answers about his whereabouts.
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Azerbaijan: Health of imprisoned government critics at risk as another political activist faces extradition threat
Reacting to reports of the deteriorating health of opposition leader Ali Karimli and media expert Alasgar Mammadli, both detained in Azerbaijan, and the threat of extradition from Ukraine to Azerbaijan of political activist Bahruz Hasanli, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “According to family members and lawyers, Ali Karimli and […] The post Azerbaijan: Health of imprisoned government critics at risk as another political activist faces extradition threat appeared first on Amnesty International .
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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death for crimes against humanity
A Syrian court convicted former President Bashar al-Assad of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death on Tuesday in a case over killings, torture and arbitrary detention during the government's crackdown on protests that began in 2011.
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Israeli Regime Holds Remains of 1,700 Palestinians Hostage for Potential Exchanges: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Israeli regime is holding the remains of around 1,700 Palestinians for possible use in future prisoner or remains exchanges, despite no Israeli captives being held by Hamas, Israel’s Haaretz daily reported Monday.
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Israel withholding 1,700 Palestinian bodies for future exchange deals
Israel withholding 1,700 Palestinian bodies for future exchange deals Israel is withholding the bodies of about 1,700 Palestinians for potential use in future exchange deals, despite no Israeli captive being held by Hamas, according to Haaretz. The daily indicated that the figure of Palestinian bodies held by Israel was increased during recent discussions between top Israeli leaders. Israel has long maintained a policy of withholding the bodies of Palestinians.
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Iranian workers report layoffs, months of unpaid wages
Workers across Iran’s mining, industrial and municipal sectors say they have gone months without full pay, while some employers have also cut staff, deepening pressure on households already struggling with rising living costs.
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Less than four percent of US safety funding went to Muslim institutions: Report
Less than four percent of US safety funding went to Muslim institutions: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 08/10/2026 - 20:36 Nearly 60 percent of the Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program went to Jewish nonprofits Muslims embrace in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of San Diego after three people were killed in a shooting at the city’s largest mosque, in San Diego, California on 19 May 19 2026 (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images via AFP) Off Over the past decade in the US, since Donald Trump first ascended to the White House in 2017, less than four percent of US government grant funding to keep religious institutions safe has gone to Muslim nonprofits, a new report by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has found . The funds are awarded annually through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which is operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). An institution can typically receive a maximum of some $200,000 for each site it operates, and the money must be put toward physical safeguards: security cameras, bulletproof glass, guardrails around properties, and the training of security guards, among other tools.
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