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IDF soldier prays at the Western Wall.

US considers holding military aid over IDF promotions despite human rights violations - CNN

By JERUSALEM POST 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.

Iranian executions up by 43% since last year, most unannounced

The cage bars of a prison cell (Illustrative).

Prisoner rights violated more frequently since start of war against Hamas

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan salutes as he listens to the national anthem after landing at the military airport of Port Sudan on August 27, 2023.

Sudan civil war: Still no end in sight - opinion

By NEVILLE TELLER

Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki, looks on during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, July 20, 2023.

Zaki's release: A victory or smokescreen for Egypt's human rights?

By HANNAH LEVIN/THE MEDIA LINE

Members of a Taliban delegation leave after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, May 30, 2019

Taliban rejects UN report on human rights breaches in Afghanistan

By ARSHAD MEHMOUD/THE MEDIA LINE

Yazidi refugees stand behind fences as they wait for the arrival of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at a Syrian and Iraqi refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Midyat in Mardin province, Turkey, June 20, 2015.

Yazidi women rescued eight years after ISIS kidnapping - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Protesters hold up a placard reading 'Stop Execution in Iran' as they take part in a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in front of the Victory Column (Siegessaeule) in Berlin on October 22, 2022.

Iran hangs two men for crimes of blasphemy, insulting Islam

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A drug addict attends an interview with Reuters at a Hamas-run prison in Gaza City March 1, 2017. Picture taken March 1, 2017.

Palestinian rights groups demand probe into death of preacher in Hamas detention

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

Exiled Iranians protest against executions and stonings in Iran during a demonstration on December 10, 2013 in Berlin

Islamic Republic sees 75% rise in executions of Iranians in 2022

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Columbia University is set to launch a Global Center in Tel Aviv despite faculty opposition.

Amid criticism, Columbia University announces a new research center in Tel Aviv

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a cabinet meeting in Tehran, last week.

Iranian human rights violations ignore Koran, are blasphemy to Islam - opinion

By ALON BEN-MEIR