Western World

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged Pope Francis to encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon and help establish a ceasefire.

4.4 Million People in the US Disenfranchised

The United States is out of step with the rest of the world in disenfranchising large numbers of citizens based on criminal convictions, the Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report released toda...

Misuse of Texas Troopers Has Broader Implications for the US

While the pro-Palestinian student protests and accounts of police crackdowns at universities across the United States in April have fallen out of the newscycle, students at the University of Texas at Austin continue to face criminal charges and other...

US supreme court rules unhoused people sleeping outside can be fined and jailed

The US supreme court has ruled that cities in the US west can criminalize unhoused people sleeping outside even when they lack access to shelter.

Gharibabadi: Direct narrations of US human rights violations help better understanding of human rights crimes committed by this country

The Roundtable on “United States plus 3 (terror, sanctions and crimes against humanity)” was held on Saturday July 29, 2024 at the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the presence of the Chief of the Headqua...

US has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7

The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza, said two U.S. officials briefed on an upda...

How Sweden's youth homes nurtured killers, creating Europe's gun crime capital

The killer was only 14 and had lived in youth homes as a ward of the authorities since he was eight.

The Last Condition of Bashir Bi Azar in France by the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights

Referring to the continued detention of Bashir Bi Azar by the French despite the issuance of a deportation order, the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights of the I.R. of Iran stated that the question is why the French want to keep h...

Ahead of major security trade fair in Paris, UN torture rapporteur requests France to monitor exhibition for illegal torture tools

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture contacted the French Government ahead of a major security and arms fair being held in Paris this week, to ensure that exhibitors do not promote illegal torture tools. Her intervention follows an earlier event, &la...

Condemnation of Canada's Hostile Action against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights

In response to Canada's hostile action against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Gharibabadi wrote in virtual space: “We strongly condemn the hostile action of Canada which is against the principles of International Law”.

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights: Hamid Nouri is released

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights announced Hamid Nouri's release and return to Iran.