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The book's launch, attended by Ambassador Rozenblat, Luis Andrade and Helena Ferro Gouveia.

IOHR publishes book on rights of Jewish children as antisemitism flares worldwide

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former US president Barack Obama listens to speakers on a panel at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum in Chicago, Illinois, US. December 5, 2024.

'It's up to us to fix this': Obama urges universities to defend academic freedom

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group A - Qatar v Ecuador - FIFA Fan Festival - Al Bidda Park, Doha, Qatar - November 20, 2022 A police officer gestures as a crowd attempts to enter the fan festival (illustrative)

Qatar arrests 16 Filipino workers for ‘unlawful protests’

Israel and Azerbaijan

Should Israel reconsider ties with Azerbaijan?

By Stephan Pechdimaldji

A drone view shows Hamas militants gathering around Red Cross vehicles in Gaza, February 2025.

Hamas's unpunished Geneva Convention violations sets a dangerous precedent

By Gil Lewinsky

Hamas terrorists are seen superimposed over the United Nations building in this illustrative image.

Enough is enough: UN betrays its mission, embraces Hamas propaganda

By shay gal

Demonstrators hold placards as they protest on the day of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 12, 2025.

The hypocrisy of the human rights industrial complex

A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.

Defending the rights of Mahmoud Khalil, even when we disagree with him

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Iranian police force stands on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, July 16, 2023

Iran uses drones, surveillance to repress women's rights, UN finds

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the UNHRC on his report on the human rights situation in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.

When Arabs kill Arabs, no one bats an eye: Influencer Luai Ahmed slams UNHRC

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler.

Jewish former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler to receive human rights award

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

Pacifiers at Hostage square in Tel Aviv, on the day of the release of the bodies of four Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity, February 20, 2025.

Silence of 'human rights' NGOs on Bibas babies is complicity with Hamas agenda

By MICHAEL STARR

MAJED EL-SHAFIE arrived in Canada in 2000 and continues to lead the human rights organization that he founded: One Free World International.

From Cairo’s dungeons to global advocacy: The remarkable journey of Majed El-Shafie

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks, as he hosts Republican senators for a dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, last week. It was stunning to see how quickly the world blamed Israel for Trump’s pronouncement about emptying Gaza to redevelop it, says the writer.

Big problems require great leaps of creativity

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq December 6, 2024.

Tehran rejects EU parliament’s resolution hostage diplomacy

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

THE SITE of the Nova music festival massacre.

Egyptian human rights activist Majed el-Shafie highlights Israeli struggles in new documentary

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

A pro-democracy protest by Iranians in the United States

How to pave Iran's path to freedom

By NAZANIN AFSHIN-JAM MACKAY

Germany and Israel national flag

Germany quietly cuts funding to two Israeli human rights organizations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF