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Human rights

The latest news and updates on human rights

The Khani Abad neighbourhood of Tehran after US bombing in March. Getty Images

Iran used war to intensify repression, report says

MENAMay 19, 2026
Narges Mohammadi was suffering from dangerously high blood pressure, had lost almost 20kg and was found unconscious in her prison cell. AFP

Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi discharged from hospital

MENAMay 18, 2026
Ehsan Afrashteh, 32, is a civil engineering graduate who worked in cybersecurity prior. Photo: Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)

Iran executes cyber security expert convicted of spying for Israel

MENAMay 13, 2026
Narges Mohammadi in hospital in Tehran. Photo: Narges Foundation

‘Life hangs in the balance’: No more prison for Narges Mohammadi, family plead

MENAMay 11, 2026
Getty Images

The world decided it could tolerate watching Gaza schools be destroyed

CommentMay 01, 2026
Graves are prepared for the victims of an air strike on a girls' school in Minab, southern Iran. EPA

Iran war's horrors are why we should teach the Geneva Conventions in schools

CommentMarch 19, 2026

UK to launch its first war crimes trial against member of Assad regime

UKMarch 09, 2026
Despite efforts made by the UN and other agencies, aid givers were reluctant to invest in long-term capacity building. Reuters

We need to rethink the UN Sustainability Development Goals

CommentDecember 19, 2025
An Israeli soldier in the West Bank. A British national who served with the Israeli military in the West Bank is the target of a new prosecution attempt by a UK-based rights group. AFP

Rights group seeks prosecution of UK citizen who fought for Israel in Gaza

UKOctober 24, 2025
David Kogan, chairman of the Independent Football Regulator, said his job 'is not to make judgments about British foreign policy'. PA

UK football regulator vows to keep out of British foreign policy

UKOctober 09, 2025
Human rights campaigners say Iran has carried out its highest number of executions in 30 years this year, and criticise legal procedure and standards of evidence. Reuter

Iran executed more than 1,000 this year, the highest for two decades

MENASeptember 24, 2025
Police arrest a supporter of Palestine Action at a protest organised by campaign group Defend Our Juries in August. EPA

Film director Ken Loach hits out at 'absurd' Palestine Action ban

UKSeptember 03, 2025
Displaced Palestinians inspect damage to the Yaffa School following an Israeli air strike east of Gaza city on April 23. EPA

'Trump effect' is catastrophe for billions, Amnesty International says

MENAApril 28, 2025
Lawyers said some of the penal code amendments could lead to more abusive practices by Egyptian police. AFP

Egypt's parliament approves sweeping changes to penal code

MENAJanuary 15, 2025
Lorries carrying bodies arrived daily at the Tell Al Nasser cemetery off the motorway between Homs and Hama. Lizzie Porter / the National

Gravediggers tell a story of tortured souls in Syria

MENADecember 24, 2024
The head of the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Paulo Pinheiro said the most important thing in documenting human rights abuses in Syria was 'to protect the civilians'. EPA

Syria Commission chief on his 13 years of documenting human rights abuses

USDecember 20, 2024
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