Human rights

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce

Trump, who has previously offered shifting timelines and objectives for the war, said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the war could escalate if Iran did not give in to Washington's terms.

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.
An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

Iran executes man allegedly tied to attack on military site during mass protests

Protesters display a banner calling for a halt to executions in Iran during a rally in Berlin, Germany, on January 10, 2026, in support of the Iran protests.

Iran steps up executions as experts warn state killing being used to suppress political dissent

The South Yemen flag flies as soldiers from the Southern Transitional Council stand guard outside the compound of the Presidential Palace in Aden, Yemen, December 9, 2025.

Yemeni gov’t killed six protesters, wounded dozens in February demonstrations crackdown - HRW


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

The UN, entrusted with safeguarding human rights and global justice, now risks becoming a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda rather than confronting reality.

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

The hypocrisy of the human rights industrial complex - opinion

Khalil's arrest has been met with staunch opposition, while the massacre in Syria is legitimized; the West's double standards are the height of hypocrisy.

 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.

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

American Jews should ensure that Khalil is given full protection of the law, ensuring that their future rights under that law are protected, too.

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

Iran using drones, advanced tech in crackdown on women's rights, UN report says

Tehran began using aerial drone surveillance and a new facial recognition software in April 2024 to monitor hijab compliance in public spaces. 

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

When Arabs kill Arabs, no one bats an eye: Pro-Israel influencer Luai Ahmed slams UNHRC

Ahmed also references other countries such as Sudan and Syria where there are ongoing humanitarian crises, accusing the UN body of only acknowledging such crises where Israel could be blamed.

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.

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

Cotler worked as a McGill University law professor and was recognized as an eminent scholar of constitutional law, international law, and human rights law.

 Former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler.

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

Intentional or not, the human rights regime has facilitated the Hamas agenda and hindered those that seek to stop them.

 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.

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

ADVOCACY AFFAIRS: ‘Just as Israel stood by me, I now stand by Israel,’ Egyptian-born minority rights activist tells ‘Post’

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

Big problems require great leaps of creativity - opinion

CENTER FIELD: Trump’s Gaza proposal sparked global outrage, but is it truly unthinkable, or just an overdue challenge to the status quo?

 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.

Tehran rejects EU parliament’s resolution hostage diplomacy

In the government’s statement, it was said that the resolution’s section regarding the IRGC was “completely unjustified.”

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