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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
              Counter Terrorism Policing London chief Helen Flanagan has said the investigation was 'incredibly complex and challenging'. PA

              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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