End complicity in Israeli occupation, South Korean activists tell their government
On 24 November 2011, Israeli occupation forces destroyed three homes in the eastern occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, leaving twenty people, including six children, homeless. A video on the action by Haitham Khatib — a still from which is above — shows that Hyundai equipment was in the demolition as Israeli soldiers stood guard.The [...]
One man hanged in public today- Another man to be hanged in public Tomorrow
One man was hanged in public in the city of Shahroud, northern Iran. According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in the province of Semnan, one man was hanged publicly in Shahroud today, Monday September 10. According to the report, the man, 35, identified as “H. A”, was convicted of sodomy and rape. [...]
11 Prisoners Hanged Today According to Unofficial Sources- One Afghan Citizen Among Those Executed
According to unofficial reports in Iran, eleven prisoners were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning. The group, Human rights and Democracy activists in Iran (HRDAI), reported that eleven prisoners among them one Afghan citizen were hanged in Evin prison early today. The Afghan prisoner was identified as Mohammad Dahmardeh, 37. Accodring to this [...]
Abusing children “part and parcel” of Israeli ideology, says rights defender
Rifat Kassis is the director of Defence for Children International-Palestine Section. In 2010, I interviewed Kassis about about his organization’s work and the special situation of Palestinian children growing up under occupation. I interviewed him again this week on the Israeli soldiers’ confessions about the mistreatment of Palestinian children, published in a new booklet from the Israeli veterans’ organization Breaking [...]
Urgent: Iranian Political Prisoner in Danger of Execution – Iran Human Rights Urge the International Community to Help Save the Life of Gholamreza Khosravi
According to sources inside Iran, Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, political prisoner, is at risk of being executed within the coming days.Iran Human Rights (IHR) urges the international community to act immediately to save Mr. Khosravi’s life. Family members of Mr. Khosravi were informed by sources in Tehran’s Evin Prison that the death sentence will be implemented [...]
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