Iran: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh released on bail…
Paris-Geneva, 13 May 2026 – The Observatory (FIDH-OMCT) and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in…
Israel must release Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek who were…
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY ISR 001 / 0526 / OBS 022 Arbitrary detention Abduction /Ill-treatment and torture /…
Israel court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists amid abuse claims
An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound…
Global Sumud Flotilla: Raid by Israeli forces on a…
In the early hours of 30 April 2026, the Israeli Navy intercepted vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla…
Bahrain cracks down as Iran war reignites protests
A man detained in Bahrain last month as the island kingdom came under missile attack from Iran vanished…
Israel given ‘free hand’ to torture Palestinians: UN rights expert
A U.N. special rapporteur on Monday accused Israel of effectively being granted a “free hand” to torture Palestinians,…
‘A Revolting Moral Outrage’: Israeli Soldiers Reportedly Torture Gaza Toddler
Israeli soldiers in Gaza allegedly tortured an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler in an effort to force a confession from…
A wave of executions is feared in Iran after 3 young men hanged
BEIRUT (AP) — A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week,…
Amnesty: Iran sentences 30 to death, including minors
Amnesty International has claimed that minors are among 30 people at risk of execution amid expedited trials connected…
UN experts say violence in Sudan bears ‘hallmarks of genocide’
GENEVA (AP) — A “campaign of destruction” in October by Sudanese paramilitary forces against non-Arab communities in and…
Iran: Narges Mohammadi, several other human rights defenders…
Paris-Geneva, 18 December 2025 – More than 50 people were arrested, including five women human rights defenders, while…
French court sentences DR Congo ex-rebel chief Lumbala to 30 years over atrocities
Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala was given a 30-year prison sentence for complicity in crimes against humanity…