Canada foils Iranian plot to assassinate Jewish human rights advocate
"That is happening more and more with intelligence services using criminals to do work for them, and it gives them ...
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Taliban employs female spies to rat on dissidents
These informants are tasked with monitoring social media and patrolling public spaces to catch women violating the regime's strict rules.
Raped activist defies Taliban despite threat of video release
The Guardian has obtained video evidence from a former prisoner, showing the gang rape of a female Afghan human rights ...
Jailed Iranian woman wins Nobel Peace Prize for fighting oppression
Mohammadi's most recent incarceration began when she was detained in 2021 after she attended a memorial for a person killed ...
Blinken visits Saudi Arabia to expand Abraham Accords
Blinken said Washington had "a real national security interest" in advocating for the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and ...
Ahead of key UN human rights meeting, report says 'UAE tops countries in region'
Some 50 human rights organizations gave the Gulf nation high marks in a Geneva conference, noting the various measures it ...
Harvard changes course, offers fellowship to former HRW chief
Kenneth Roth was recruited by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy to become a fellow. This ...
UN passes 14 anti-Israel resolutions in 2021, only 4 against all other countries
North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, and Russia, for its activity in Crimea, are the only other countries to be officially condemned ...
Blinken says Egypt has more 'issues of concern' on human rights
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said on Monday that Egypt had more work to do on human rights amid ...
'In Russia, you can do with a journalist as you please'
Dmitry Muratov, co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize and editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, the only truly critical newspaper with ...