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.
Iranians are victims of decisions made by their own authorities and of repeated episodes of mass repression, Jérôme Bonnafont, France’s UN ambassador and president of the Security Council for September, said as he outlined the council’s Iran agenda.
Ahead of the 4 September meeting between Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands to discuss progress on plans to deport people to so-called “return hubs” in countries outside Europe where they may never have set foot, likely be to centres or facilities funded by EU member states, Eve Geddie, Director of the European Institutions […] The post EU: ‘Return hub’ plans in Rwanda and Uganda risk becoming ‘cruel black holes’ for human rights appeared first on Amnesty International .
Angolan women and children displaced by drought into Namibia face serious human rights abuses arising from a lack of safe and legal migration pathways for people forced across borders by natural disasters, Amnesty International said in a new report. The report, “The Drier it Gets, the Longer You Have to Walk: The Human Rights Impacts of Drought-Induced […] The post Namibia: Drought displaced Angolans face human rights abuses appeared first on Amnesty International .
An Iranian court has sentenced Ali Zarei Doozdarresi, a protester shot by security forces and blinded in one eye during the 2022 protests, to death after he returned from Germany and was arrested upon arrival in Iran, US-based rights outlet HRANA reported.
CBS staff accuse network of ‘overt racism’ over Abdul El-Sayed 9/11 story Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 18:37 Staffers have pushed back against CBS's decision to revive years-old deleted posts by the Muslim Senate candidate and foreground 9/11 in its coverage US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during the Michigan Democratic Party General Election Kickoff Rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, on 7 August 2026 (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP) Off CBS News is facing internal backlash over its coverage of Muslim US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, with current and former staffers accusing the network of poor journalism and “overt” racism. The controversy erupted after CBS published a story highlighting old social media posts by El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11. El-Sayed, who could become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, had deleted posts in which he compared the mounting Covid-19 death toll with the nearly 3,000 people killed on 11 September 2001 and called for Washington to mobilise against poverty and the pandemic as it had after the attacks.
Reacting to reports that Russian national Denis Kulanin remains in detention after he was pardoned by the president on 28 August, and amid concerns that he could be deported to Russia, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “Denis Kulanin has publicly opposed Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed support […] The post Georgia: Pardoned protester must be protected from forcible return to Russia appeared first on Amnesty International .
WHO raises concerns over amputees and deteriorating water quality in Gaza The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday raised concerns about deteriorating water quality, contamination and subsequent disease risks in the genocide-stricken Gaza Strip ahead of the upcoming winter. Addressing reporters from Gaza, Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, stated that “between January and August this year, over 6,700 water samples had been tested, and microbiological contamination almost tripled, from under six percent in January to over 18 percent in August”. She noted that “there had been a significant increase in cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea over the same period, when cases nearly doubled”.
Israeli forces demolish residential and livestock structures in Tubas Israeli forces began demolishing residential and livestock structures belonging to two families in the area of al-Ras al-Ahmar, southeast of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, Wafa news reported, citing a local official. The demolitions come amid continued Israeli measures targeting Palestinian communities in the northern Jordan Valley, including damaging water infrastructure and livestock.
UK's Burnham urged to address alleged UAE plot against British academic Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 13:51 UAE allegedly funded an operation to surveil British-Muslim activist Anas Altikriti, with a mercenary reportedly discussing killing him Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on 1 September 2026 (AFP) Off A British academic has written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham asking for his response to a report alleging that the United Arab Emirates ordered a covert surveillance operation aiming to kill him in London. An ITV News investigation last month reported that the UAE paid millions of dollars to a mercenary to target Anas Altikriti, the chief executive of the London-based Cordoba Foundation think tank. Abraham Golan, a dual Hungarian-Israeli citizen who ran the private security company Spear Operations Group, allegedly travelled to Britain in December 2016 to target Altikriti.
Israel imposes curriculum on 45,000 Palestinian students in East Jerusalem Submitted by Lubna Masarwa on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 14:39 Israel is refusing to allow Palestinian teachers entry into Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank Palestinian schoolgirls at an Unrwa school in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem in May 2025 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Off Israeli authorities are imposing their curriculum on more than 45,000 Palestinian students in state-run schools in East Jerusalem, as part of a wider crackdown on education in the occupied area of the city. The new measures mean that around 38 percent of all Palestinian students - a marked increase on recent years - will be taught the Israeli curriculum rather than the Palestinian one from Tuesday. This includes all new first grade and seventh grade classes opening in the state education system in East Jerusalem.
The Republic of South Africa’s submission of evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) documenting Israel’s non-compliance with legally binding provisional orders issued by the court in the case concerning allegations of genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, must spur other states to pressure Israel to comply, Amnesty International said today. In […] The post Israel/OPT: South Africa ICJ submission must spur states to press Israel to end its genocide in Gaza appeared first on Amnesty International .
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The High Council for Human Rights of Iran strongly condemned the US military attack on parts of Larak Island, calling it a “blatant act of aggression” and a violation of Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Lack of funding has forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash aid to families in the West Bank by half even though needs have more than doubled over the past two years.
Nearly half of terrorism arrests in UK since 9/11 coincided with Palestine Action ban, new data shows New data has revealed that almost half of Britian's counter-terror arrests since 9/11 coincided with the UK government's proscription of direct action group Palestine Action. According to Home Office data, of the 6539 arrests for terror-related activity in the UK since the 2001 attacks on the twin towers, 3,021 were in the past year. The surge coincides with the proscription of Palestine Action in July last year- which led to thousands of arrests of people for holding signs during silent vigils in support of the group.
Gaza 'ceasefire' has merely slowed the pace of societal destruction Submitted by Ghada Majadli on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 15:31 The Israeli bombs have slowed, but many Palestinians with life-changing injuries are struggling to survive in a ravaged landscape A Palestinian amputee walks near destroyed buildings in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 12 February 2025 (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP) On Every fourth Palestinian injured in Gaza since October 2023 lives with spinal cord or brain injuries, among other potentially life-changing conditions, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated . Despite this, the entry of rehabilitation supplies remains restricted. Of the more than 172,000 people wounded in Gaza, 43,000 - around two percent of Gaza’s prewar population, including approximately 10,000 children - are estimated to have sustained life-changing injuries, such as limb trauma, amputations, spinal cord damage, major burns and traumatic brain injuries.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei approved a proposal to pardon or commute the sentences of 2,577 Iranian convicts sentenced by various courts in the country.
As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
Reacting to a growing number of reports that Belarusian authorities are persecuting, intimidating and targeting students and others connected to the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius, Lithuania, as part of their efforts to repress dissent beyond Belarus’ borders, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “As the new academic […] The post Belarus: Authorities targeting European Humanities University students abroad and their families in intensifying crackdown appeared first on Amnesty International .
US issues gentle condemnation of Israeli settler attack on NBC news crew A US State Department spokesperson has condemned an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on a news crew from the American network NBC that took place on Saturday. “We condemn criminal violence by any party in the West Bank and call for investigations, arrests, and convictions, of those responsible,” the spokesperson said in a statement given to Al Jazeera. “We are in regular dialogue with partners about improving stability and security in the West Bank,” they added, claiming that the Trump administration is “monitoring the situation”.
Jordan intelligence chief spearheaded move to arrest US journalist Ali Younes Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 14:58 Jordan faces calls to lose billions in US funding unless it releases American journalist its holding for allegedly reposting an article Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin meets with General Ahmad Husni, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate of Jordan, at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington 15 April (DHS photo by Mikaela McGee) Off Major General Ahmad Husni, the director of Jordan’s General Intelligence Department, spearheaded the arrest of prominent American-Jordanian investigative journalist Ali Younes, Middle East Eye has learned. A source close to the investigation said that the intelligence official had signed off on the move to arrest Younes, who has worked for Al Jazeera and Dropsite, amongst others. Seperately, Ammon News, a media outlet reportedly close to Jordan’s intelligence services, published an article on Younes’s arrest last week that revealed further details about the state’s campaign against him.
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