A human rights activist in Belarus on Thursday began a hunger strike inside prison in the latest protest against the repressive government of Alexander Lukashenko, a rights organization said. The Belarusian human rights organization Viasna said Aliaksandar Vaitseshyk went on hunger strike
Iran will take the chair of a United Nations human rights social forum on Thursday, with many critical of the appointment due to Tehran’s decades-long record of human rights abuses and terrorism. “The United States finds it absurd that an official from
A former UK ambassador to Russia has said former Yevgeny Prigozhin’s “bizarre” march on Moscow seriously rocked the Kremlin leader’s regime. Rodric Braithwaite, who served as the country’s official envoy to the Soviet Union and Russia between 1988 and 1992, said he
Thach Setha, a leading figure in Cambodia’s dissident Candlelight Party, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Setha’s conviction stems from remarks made online about Cambodia’s former prime minister, Hung Sen, and the country’s relations with neighboring Vietnam. Setha was sentenced
UNITED NATIONS – While Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was addressing the United Nations General Assembly inside the elegant chamber on Tuesday, thousands of protesters outside were calling him and his regime terrorist murderers who must face justice. “Down with the terrorist regime
A Spanish judge heard evidence Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country’s late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups said was the first case of its kind to be accepted for legal review. The hearing at a Madrid
Auburn University head basketball coach Bruce Pearl voiced his displeasure with President Biden’s decision to released $6 billion to Iran in exchange for hostages, saying the world is now less safe because of the act. That’s because he clearly feels that nations
The Biden administration is under fire from the families of U.S. residents taken hostage by Iran’s regime over a controversial $6 billion prisoner exchange deal that allegedly hung their loved ones out to dry. Three U.S. residents – Shahab Dalili, Jamshid Sharmahd
Alexander Lukashenko, Belerusia’s president, is a “grovelling pawn” of the Kremlin – and should call time on his “poisonous” regime before he ousted by his own people, exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanoustkaya has said. Ms Tsikhanouskaya, currently living in Lithuania, made her
U.N. human rights experts on Friday called for the release of two Saudi Arabian women they say were arbitrarily detained and denied basic rights after tweeting criticism of the kingdom’s policies. Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison and Nourah