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Hosna Salehi, whose family runs a charity called the House of Kindness, writes on a white board as she teaches children inside a classroom in Herat, Afghanistan, October 27, 2024.

'Repressive and discriminatory': Int'l envoys urge Taliban to reverse policies excluding women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A view of the entrance of Evin prison in Tehran, Iran October 17, 2022.

Iran moves political prisoner to solitary in preparation for execution over Israel ties, NGO says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is placed on a building in Damascus, after last week's rebel seizure of Aleppo marked the biggest offensive for years, Syria December 5, 2024.

Syrian rebel leader claims group wants to end Assad regime, see foreign forces withdraw

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People carry belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2024.

Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

WEAPONS, INCLUDING Iranian ballistic missiles seized by the IDF during the ground operation in Lebanon, are displayed at a base in the South, last month.

Iran's schemes prove the world has yet to understand Tehran's menace

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Francesca Albanese alleges Palestinian doctor 'likely raped to death' in Israeli detention

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IRAN FANS wear t-shirts with the message: ‘Woman Life Freedom’ outside a stadium before a 2022 World Cup match between Iran and Wales in Qatar. Young Iranians have dared to imagine a future free from the stranglehold of a regime that views every breath of liberty as a mortal threat, says the writer

The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM

Police officers stand at the entrance of the district Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan November 28, 2023.

Islamabad High Court grants bail to Bushra Bibi after nine months of detention

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Arsen Ostrovsky

25 ViZionaries: Arsen Ostrovsky - No. 8

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2024.

Argentina's President Milei calls out UN's hypocrisy in condemning Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Volker Turk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses the Human Rights Council on his report on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland,

The UN’s new Durban resolution is reinforcing racism

By Diana Krief , ANDRIA SPINDEL

THE AMERICAN flag is set on fire at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington on the day that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress last month.

Endangering human rights: The pitfalls of cultural relativism and critical race theory

By Sabrina Soffer

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2017.

Canada chief human rights commissioner resigns after controversy over Israel activity

By REUTERS

King Mohammed VI of Morocco reviews a guard of honour at the National palace during his state visit to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 19, 2016

Freed journalists call for release of all prisoners of conscience in Morocco

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in August 2016 against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds suspected of attacking security forces.

Iran executes 29 prisoners in one day, rights groups report

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Rights Situation in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, delivers her rapport during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on March 26, 2024.

Albanese 'unfit' to serve at UN, US Amb. Greenfield states after Netanyahu-Hitler comparison

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks after Brazil won the bid to host the Women's World Cup, during the 74th FIFA Congress at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand, May 17, 2024.

Israel must be suspended for violating FIFA statutes, human rights lawyers say

By REUTERS

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell attends a press conference on the day of EU-Ukraine Association Council in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2024.

EU imposes sanctions on five Israeli individuals and three entities

By REUTERS