Iran condemns UN experts’ report on protest crackdown as ‘false’, ‘biased’

[ad_1] Report by UN fact-finding mission says Iran’s brutal suppression of 2022 protests amounted to crimes against humanity.Iran has condemned a report by United Nations experts who concluded the Islamic republic’s violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and the...

Executions in Iran hit 8-year high in 2023

[ad_1] Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death.Iran hanged at least 834 people in 2023, the second-highest number of executions in two decades, according to a report released by rights...

J&K: Relatives of slain civilians from Poonch get job appointments, land allotments

[ad_1] The next of kin of three civilians from Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, who were allegedly killed in the Indian Army’s custody in December, received job appointment letters and land allotment orders on Sunday.These were handed to the relatives...

Hamas says seven captives killed in Israeli army bombing of Gaza

[ad_1] The group’s military wing confirms the news after an investigation although it does not state when the captives died.The military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas says seven more captives held in the Gaza Strip have died as a...

Thousands bid final farewell to Russia’s Alexey Navalny, risking arrest

[ad_1] Thousands gathered to bid a final farewell to Alexey Navalny, many chanting his name and saying they will not forgive Russian authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest. Crowds of mourners turned up near...
Human rights in Russia: What follows Oleg Orlov’s sentence?

Human rights in Russia: What follows Oleg Orlov’s sentence?

[ad_1] On Tuesday, a court in Moscow sentenced Oleg Orlov, co-founder and co-chair of the human rights organization Memorial, to two and a half years in prison. The 70-year-old had been charged with "repeatedly discrediting" the Russian military after writing...