Iran Prisoners Hunger Strike Against Executions
By Stuart Williams Inmates detained inside one of Iran's largest prisons have for the last two days staged a sit-in protest and a hunger strike against the growing number of executions in the Islamic republic, rights groups said Wednesday. Ghezel Hesar is notorious for the large numbers of hangings inside the prison. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The protest at Ghezel Hesar prison in the city of Karaj outside Tehran was triggered by the transfer of up to 16 inmates to solitary con
AFP (Agence France-Press)
Oct 16, 2025
Houthis rule: prisons, personality cult, pilfered aid
By Maggie Michael and Amr Alfiky . Yemenis who have fled the Houthi-controlled area of this divided country paint a grim picture of life under the militant group. People are forced to attend rallies and chant death to America and Israel, pay crippling taxes and hand children over to become soldiers, they say. A Yemeni man walks past buildings on the outskirts of Aden damaged during the civil war. The most populated areas of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, are controlled
Reuters
Oct 15, 2025
Sahel Countries: ICC Withdrawal Endangers Civilians
AU Should Urge Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger to Reconsider Leaving Court The leaders of Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani (C), Mali, Col....
Human Rights Watch
Sep 29, 2025
Black Mississippi College Student Found Hanging in Tree
Hattiesburg attorney Vanessa Jones speaks at a press conference at Living Faith Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ in Grenada, Miss.,...
Mississippi Free Press
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UK Lords on failure to try British in Yazidi Genocide
I will never forget my visit to Sinjar and Northern Iraq in 2019 or meeting with Yazidi survivors. Their harrowing stories are described...
David Alton⎜Lord Alton of Liverpool
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Togo tight-lipped as Burkina jihadists infiltrate north
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France 24
Aug 23, 2025
El Salvador extends mass gang detentions until 2027
The country faces an extension on gang detentions amidst constitutional reforms which abolished presidential term limits earlier this...
The Tico Times
Aug 19, 2025
NGOs challenge secret US-Eswatini deportee deal
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Daily Maverick
Aug 15, 2025
Argentina's discrimination against Trans women
By Erika Noely Moreno, trans activist from Argentina 9 August 2025 Erika Noeli Moreno, a member of Las Historicas, leads an event at the...
Amnesty International
Aug 11, 2025
UN Security Council concerned over Druze conflict in Syria
By UN News, August 10th, 2025. © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman | A building burns in Sweida City in western Syria, as hostilities broke out...
United Nations
Aug 11, 2025
Eswatini opposition attacks US deal as ‘human trafficking disguised as deportation’
Men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to be temporarily held in kingdom Five men are reportedly being held at the Matsapha...
The Guardian
Aug 10, 2025
Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril
Deadly Attacks on Schools-Turned-Shelters Show Vulnerability of Displaced People Al-Zeitoun C school in Gaza City, which an Israeli...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 8, 2025
