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U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to create a “small army to counter civil unrest across the United States,” according to The Washington Post, citing informed Pentagon sources.

US Should End Solitary Confinement of Immigrants

Earlier this month, people being detained at California Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities began a labor and hunger strike to protest their conditions, including against the use of solitary confinement. Recent research documented th...

Sudan: Women in war-torn Omdurman forced to trade sex for food

In Sudan’s war-ravaged city of Omdurman, women are being compelled to have sex with soldiers in exchange for food, according to the Guardian, citing accounts from more than two dozen women.

AI advances could lead to more child sexual abuse videos, watchdog warns

Advances in artificial intelligence are being used by paedophiles to produce AI-generated videos of child sexual abuse that could increase in volume as the technology improves, according to a safety watchdog.

Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned

A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri's attorney general to keep her behind bars.

Gharibabadi: Defending Iranians’ rights a key duty of Islamic Republic

Iran’s top human rights official Kazem Gharibabadi has said that upholding the rights of Iranian nationals abroad is among the important duties of the Islamic Republic.

Hijab Bans in French Sport Expose Discriminatory Double Standards Ahead of Olympic and Paralympic Games

The ban on French women athletes who wear headscarves from competing at the Olympic Games breaches international human rights laws and exposes the discriminatory hypocrisy of French authorities and the craven weakness of the International Olympic Com...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sending Congratulatory Message to the Elected President of the I.R of Iran

In a message to the newly elected president of the I.R of Iran, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights congratulated him on his victory in the presidential elections.

Death of Black man pinned to ground by Milwaukee hotel security draws George Floyd comparisons

A Black man died after four security guards pinned him face down on the ground outside a hotel in Milwaukee in an act his family’s lawyer called “disturbing” and “reminiscent of the killing of George Floyd.”

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights demanded the release of a Christian Iranian citizen from British prison

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran criticized the British government's opposition to the amnesty and return of the Christian Iranian citizen in Britain prison and demanded efforts for his im...

Gharibabadi: Filing a criminal case for those who disrupt the presidential elections abroad

The Vice President of the Judiciary for International Affairs stated: “Criminal cases will be filed for any Iranian or non-Iranian individual abroad who, according to public reports, reports by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the private plain...