Human Rights

During a meeting with the President and the Cabinet this morning (Wednesday) Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution referred to the 6 years of the current administration in power and maintained: The remaining two years from the government’s mandate is not a short time; the country’s important issues must be prioritized and priorities must be followed up on…

Security forces have been deployed in downtown Srinagar on Friday as protesters are prepared to march to the office of the UN Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) — which monitors ceasefire violations along the border between India and Pakistan. Several dozen armed forces blocked the main road leading to the office of UNMOGIP in Srinagar and public…

The explosion happened near the illegal Israeli settlement of Dolev, northwest of Ramallah on Friday. The military said at least three people had been wounded as a result of the blast, one of which is in a critical condition. The military said that the explosion was the result of a homemade bomb reportedly thrown from a passing car. Israeli officials have also said that in…

The Israeli forces have also fired flares over eastern Khan Yunis in southern Gaza enclave. Media reports say the attacks have not resulted in any casualties yet. Israeli media claim the fresh attacks came after the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, fired rockets on Israeli positions. Earlier on Saturday, helicopters and jets operated by the Israeli regime launched fresh attacks on…

Several Palestinians were injured as IOF fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas in clashes that lasted overnight on Monday, Palestinian sources reported, as quoted by Palestine Today. Clashes erupted as IOF broke into Nablus to back hundreds of Zionist settlers who stormed the historic site to perform Jewish rituals there. Israeli Media said some 1200 settlers arrived at Joseph’s…

Omar said at a joint press conference with Tlaib that suggested US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were working to keep lawmakers from fulfilling their oversight duties.. “I would encourage my colleagues to visit, meet with the people we were going to meet with, see the things we were going to see, hear the stories we were…

Two Palestinian prisoners, identified as Naser al-Jada and Thaer Hamdan, commenced an open-ended hunger strike 12 and seven days ago, respectively, reported the Palestinian Information Center, citing the Palestinian Prisoner Society, on Sunday. The pair joined six other Palestinian administrative detainees, who have already begun a hunger strike over the same cause. Dozens of other prisoners have already joined the…

Over 400 inmates started an open-ended hunger strike on Sunday morning, joining 196 others who had began refusing food a short while earlier on Friday. They are also voicing solidarity with 15 political prisoners who are being held incommunicado at Jaw prison and who initiated the hunger strike campaign on Thursday. Bahraini detainees complain about harassment during family visits, saying…

In a Foreign Policy article, Dr. Abbas Kebriaee Zadeh, professor of toxicology and pharmacology at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, wrote that US sanctions against Iran indirectly hamper the flow of vital medicines for cancer patients in the Islamic Republic. The article reveals that while Washington claims its harsh sanctions against Iran would not target the flow of medicine and other humanitarian necessities into Iran, banking sanctions…

The Pakistani military said in a statement on Thursday that its troops returned fire, killing five Indian soldiers and damaging their bunkers. “In efforts to divert attention from precarious situation in IOJ&K (Indian-held Kashmir), Indian Army increases firing along LOC. 3 Pakistani soldiers embraced shahadat (martyrdom). Pakistan Army responded effectively,” the statement read. “5 Indian soldiers killed, many injured, bunkers…