Iran: MEFD strongly condemns execution of Six Sunni prisoners
London, MEFD – Six Sunni prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in the city of…
Executions top long U.N. list of human rights concerns in Iran
Reuters – Iran had a “deeply troubling” number of executions last year and did not keep a promise to protect…
Amnesty International on Human Rights in Iran
Amnesty International – The authorities restricted freedoms of expression, association and assembly, arresting, detaining and prosecuting in unfair trials minority…
Iraq: UN documents rights violations of increasingly sectarian nature
UN News – A United Nations report released today details widespread human rights violations of an increasingly sectarian nature in…
Iran: Juvenile offender to be executed in a week gives harrowing torture account
Saman Naseem, 22, is scheduled to be executed on 19 February in Iran.© Private. Amnesty International – A young Iranian…
Islamic State selling, crucifying, burying children alive in Iraq – UN
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants are selling abducted Iraqi children at markets as sex slaves, and killing other youth, including…
The price of relying on Tehran-backed militias
By Mosa Zahed London, Middle East Forum for Development – The Iraqi government has declared that it will start an…
At least 1,375 Iraqis killed in January, most of them civilians: U.N.
Members of the Kurdish security forces inspect the site of bomb attack in Kirkuk January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (Reuters)…
Egypt, Syria, Iraq used 2014 turmoil to abuse rights – report
(Reuters) – The governments of Egypt, Syria and Iraq used real and perceived security threats in 2014 as an…
UN harshly criticises Turkey for deterioration of human rights
Middle East Online – GENEVA – Turkey faced harsh criticism Tuesday at a United Nations review of its rights record,…