By Human Rights Press Staff Introduction:Reza Khandan, a long-time advocate for women’s rights in Iran and husband of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested in December 2024 for peacefully expressing opposition to the country’s mandatory hijab laws. His arrest follows his distribution of thousands of handmade buttons that […]
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By Human Rights Press StaffMay 16, 2025, 11:00 am ET Gaza Strip — Acute hunger and deprivation are escalating in Gaza, where half a million people now face starvation and the entire population is confronting “high levels of acute food insecurity,” according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). […]
By Human Rights Press Staff | May 16, 2025Human rights organizations are raising alarms over a spike in migrant construction worker deaths in Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom accelerates major infrastructure projects for the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Reports by Human Rights Watch and FairSquare reveal that many worker deaths […]
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Byline: Human Rights Press StaffPublished: Dec 19, 2024 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide in Gaza by deliberately depriving Palestinian civilians of sufficient access to water, a claim rejected by Israeli authorities as baseless propaganda. The 179-page HRW report asserts that Israel intentionally damaged […]
The European Commission has declined to release findings from a human rights inquiry conducted in Tunisia, despite approving a €150 million migration deal with the increasingly authoritarian regime of President Kais Saied. The inquiry, termed a “risk management exercise,” was quietly completed before the deal was signed in July 2023, […]
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By Human Rights Press Staff July 16, 2024, 10:00 am ET A surge in Jewish settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is prompting international outcry as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government expands its hold on the occupied territory, claiming more land and allegedly providing tacit military support […]
July 9, 2024 A Saudi court has sentenced Asaad al-Ghamdi, a 47-year-old teacher, to 20 years in prison solely for his peaceful social media activity. Human Rights Watch highlights this case as part of Saudi Arabia’s escalating crackdown on freedom of expression and transnational repression. On May 29, 2024, the […]
By Jane Doe, July 4, 2024, 10:30 AM ET A bipartisan group of 142 House lawmakers is urging President Biden to address Turkey’s systematic human rights abuses during the NATO Summit, scheduled for July 9-11 in Washington, D.C. The lawmakers emphasize the urgent need for the U.S. to push Turkey […]