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Escalating Repression in Iran Human Rights Watch’s “World Report 2025” paints a bleak picture of Iran’s deteriorating human rights landscape. The report details a horrifying escalation in the suppression of …
Iran’s Worsening Human Rights Crisis: Renewed Repression and Discrimination Read More
Fundamental Rights at a Crossroads: HRW’s Annual Report 2024 In a sobering overview, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reveals that fundamental rights faced tremendous challenges in 2024. The 546-page “World Report …
The Year of Reckoning: A Deep Dive into Global Human Rights Failures and Resilience Read More
Intensifying Crackdown on Human RightsIn 2024, Afghanistan’s landscape darkened further as the Taliban escalated their repression of human rights, particularly targeting women and girls. Afghanistan uniquely stands as the sole …
World Report 2025: Human Rights Deterioration in Afghanistan Read More
Deteriorating Human Rights in Afghanistan In 2024, Afghanistan’s human rights landscape deteriorated sharply, particularly under the repressive grip of the Taliban, as detailed in Human Rights Watch’s latest World Report …
Human Rights in Afghanistan: A Deepening Crisis Under Taliban Rule Read More
In recent reports, human rights activists, including Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, have revealed troubling occurrences of sexual violence and torture of women imprisoned in Iran. These accounts …
Activists Uncover Sexual Abuse of Women in Iranian Prisons Read More
Salma al-Shehab, a doctoral candidate from the University of Leeds, is poised for release from a Saudi prison, as rights groups anticipate her freedom “within the next few days.” Her …
Salma al-Shehab Expected to Be Released from Saudi Prison Soon Read More
A gathering of Kurdish women activists erupted today outside the governor’s office in Kurdistan Province to vehemently oppose the confirmed death sentence of Kurdish political prisoner, Pakhshan Azizi. The protestors, …
Kurdish Women Protest Against Death Sentence for Humanitarian Pakhshan Azizi Read More
After four long years suspended in the shadows of Iranian detention, Nahid Taghavi, a resolute German-Iranian women’s rights activist, has triumphantly returned to Germany. Her release, heralded by her family …
Nahid Taghavi Returns Home After Years of Unjust Imprisonment in Iran Read More
As we step into 2025, we face a world where authoritarian leaders are tightening their grips on women’s rights across both wealthy and impoverished nations. This troubling trend threatens not …
Fighting for Women’s Rights in 2025: A Call to Action Against Authoritarianism Read More
In Afghanistan, the Taliban has enacted a new decree that further restricts the rights of women by mandating that windows in homes overlooking spaces predominantly used by women be blocked …
The Taliban’s Latest Decree: A Window into Women’s Oppression Read More