Human rights
Christians arbitrarily detained in Syria denied Bible access, forced to observe Ramadan, CSI report
Members of the Christian community have been arbitrarily detained, with their families extorted for payments in exchange for their release, the Christian Solidarity International report claimed.
US weighs delaying France's Washington ambassador pick over human rights spat
Venezuela formally exits ICC amid accusations of political bias
PA must end torture, arbitrary detention of Palestinians in West Bank, UN rights office demands
UN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children
The report continues to blacklist Hamas’ armed wing and affiliated factions for killing and maiming children and for abductions, and attributes 2,806 violations to Palestinian armed groups.
Taliban official kills Iranian-Kurdish mother and daughter after failed forced marriage attempt
Sara Yousefi and her mother, Chiman Hosseinzadeh, were said to have been killed by Mofti Mohammadollah, head of the Taliban’s Hajj and Endowments Department in Kohistanat district.
How UN ‘human rights experts’ became a tool of dictatorships - opinion
The corruption of the system did not happen overnight. As dictatorships gained influence inside the UNHRC, they learned they need not abolish the language of human rights to weaken it.
The UN can't afford another appeaser: Why Michelle Bachelet must not lead - opinion
Systematically, Bachelet applied a double standard against the Jewish state, which she condemned more than any other country in the world.
The boycott of Israeli academia - opinion
The Hamas massacre shattered Israeli society in ways that many outsiders struggle to grasp. Since then, another reality has taken shape: the quiet academic boycott of Israelis.
FIFA and Iran’s identity crisis - opinion
Iranians believe that regimes come and go, but the cultural and historical idea of Iran persists beyond any single political order.
Israel bans 40 Euro-Med activists from entry over alleged Hamas ties
The ministry said Euro-Med promotes anti-Israel campaigns across international institutions, media, academia, and platforms such as Wikipedia.
Iran's regime continues irregular death sentencing as it hunts for 'Israeli collaborators'
The new execution orders follow the state killing of Gholamreza Khani Shekarab, who was hanged on Tuesday after being accused of being “one of Mossad’s operational ringleaders abroad."
Human rights group honors Jews, Christians, and Jerusalem
Former MEP says Judeo-Christian values are an antidote to wokeism
Israel must confront Jewish extremism while rejecting Europe’s double standards - editorial
The question is whether Jewish power there will be governed by law, restraint, responsibility, and reverence for human life, or hijacked by an extremist theology dressed up as patriotism.