Opinion – The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Russia’s Exit Cue from South Caucasus?
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and its outcome might determine Russia’s future in the South Caucasus, but the role of the West in it is still an ambiguous one.
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Iran: fears grow of security crackdown in Zahedan as anti-regime protests persist
Checkpoints have sprung up and armed police flood the streets in the restive city where dozens of civilians were killed last year Protesters say they fear Iran’s security services may be planning an assault in the city of Zahedan – the site of a deadl…
Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations
Deadline to meet anti-torture treaty obligations is Friday, but governments have yet to install watchdogsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia risks being placed on a human rights blacklist alongside such co…
Iran to execute mentally ill man for allegedly burning Qur’an during protest
Rights groups say Javad Rouhi, who was sentenced on charges including apostasy, was tortured so badly he can no longer speakA 35-year-old man from a small village in northern Iran has been sentenced to death on charges including apostasy for allegedly …
UN Watch Wins YouTube’s Silver Creator Award for 100,000 Subscribers! #HumanRights #HumanRightsUN #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsWatch #UNReform #UNWatch #MaryPatriotNews [Video]
Good news: YouTube just sent us this award for UN Watch reaching 100,000 subscribers! Our thanks to all of you for following and supporting us. We’re going to keep fighting back against lies and dictatorships by telling the truth. We’re never going to give up!
Family of executed British-Iranian national ‘prevented from seeing body’
Alireza Akbari’s sister and daughter went to cemetery to collect his remains but were told he had already been interredThe Tehran-based family of the executed British Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari have been prevented from seeing his body or bury…
The Resurrection of Palestinian Cinema
by Yousef Aljamal This following article by Palestinian rights activist, author, and translator Yousef Aljamal is crossposted from Politics Today. Palestinian cinema was among the first to emerge in the …
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Hope for Iran: Nazanin Afshin-Jam In Conversation With Hillel Neuer #HumanRights #HumanRightsUN #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsWatch #UNReform #UNWatch #MaryPatriotNews [Video]
International human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam is the president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, and a prominent advocate for freedom and human rights in Iran.Make sure to:🟩 Follow Nazanin Afshin-Jam on #Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/NazaninAJ⬜ Follow Nazanin Afshin-Jam on #Instagram: https://Instagram.com/nazaninajm/🟥 Watch Nazanin Afshin-Jam’s opening address to the 1st Geneva Summit for Human Rights & Democracy, in April 2009: https://youtu.be/mq4tL-lPN6s🔹 Watch Nazanin Afshin-Jam’s testimony to the United Nations Human Rights Council, and her appeal on behalf of 50 Iranian human rights activists for an emergency special session on the human rights situation in Iran, in September 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQcstSqkIuQ
UK looks clumsy and powerless in wake of Iran’s execution of Alireza Akbari
Culturally insulting language used by Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly will increase tension between the two countriesBritain’s relationship with Iran has a fraught, unedifying history, dating back to the 18th-century imperial tussle between England, Nap…
Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes
Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals miningFive prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial role in securing a historic mining ban in El Salvador have been detained a…