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Mahsa Amini Iran women's rights human rights protest
September 16 marks three years since the death of Mahsa Amini, whose tragic passing in the custody of Iran’s morality police ignited global outrage and inspired movements around the world.
This is Beirut, 18/08 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egypt Mahienour El-Massry Gaza Human Rights
Egyptian authorities charged prominent human rights lawyer and activist Mahienour El-Massry with spreading false news in social media posts about Gaza and prison conditions in Egypt, one of her lawyers said Monday. El-Massry, 39, was summoned Monday to the offices of state security prosecutors, where she was questioned for hours before being ...
This is Beirut, 01/07 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran France Human Rights Jean-Noel Barrot
A French diplomat on Tuesday visited two French nationals detained in Iran, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, the foreign minister said, after their families demanded proof that they were alive after Israeli strikes. "We obtained a visit today from our chargé d'affaires in Iran," Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told ...
This is Beirut, 30/06 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran Human Rights Iran Human Rights
Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say, accusing the Islamic republic of using fear to compensate for weaknesses revealed by the conflict. Campaigners have been detained on the street or at home, executions expedited, prisoners ...
This is Beirut, 25/06 19:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran on Wednesday hanged three men convicted of spying for Israel after what activists decried as an unfair trial, bringing to six the number of people executed on such charges since the start of the war between the Islamic republic and Israel. The hangings have also amplified fears for the life of Swedish-Iranian dual national Ahmadreza Djalali ...
This is Beirut, 20/06 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A US-based NGO said Friday that Israel's strikes against Iran have killed at least 657 people, including civilians and members of the security forces, a toll based on sources and reports in Iran. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said that at least 263 civilians had been killed nationwide since Israel began its strikes on June ...
This is Beirut, 11/06 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022 but human rights groups said he was the victim of a wrongful conviction. Abbas Kurkuri, also known as Mojahed Kurkur, was hanged at dawn in Sheiban prison in the western city of Ahvaz, the Norway-based Iran Human ...
This is Beirut, 10/06 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Women's Rights Human Rights
Syria's new Islamist authorities said on Tuesday that women going to public beaches must wear burkinis or other "decent" clothes that cover the body, giving some private venues an exemption. In the largely conservative country, few women wear swimsuits that reveal their bodies. Six months after Islamist-led forces toppled longtime Syrian ruler ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 05:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Amnesty International Human Rights
The global system of law and human rights is under threat from a "multiplicity of assaults" which have accelerated since US President Donald Trump's return to power, Amnesty International said Tuesday in its annual report. "Unprecedented forces are hunting down the ideals of human rights for all, seeking to destroy an ...
This is Beirut, 21/03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Algeria France Writer Human Rights
Algerian prosecutors have requested a 10-year prison sentence for French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, accused of undermining the country's territorial integrity, local media reported Thursday. Sansal, a prominent figure in North African modern Francophone literature, is known for his criticism of Algerian authorities as well as Islamists. The ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Germany Syria Alawites Human Rights
Germany officially reopened its embassy in Syria on Thursday, a foreign ministry source said, with a small diplomatic team working in Damascus. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock ordered the reopening of the mission which had closed in 2012 amid the Syrian civil war, some three months after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad. Consular affairs ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad Human Rights clashes
More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said Friday. "More than 70 killed and dozens wounded and captured in bloody clashes and ambushes on the Syrian coast between members of the Ministry of Defense and ...