Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2022-09-27

  At heart of historic uprising, women cause Iranian regime to panic

  The ongoing nationwide protests are unprecedented in Iran, as women's personal freedom is at their root, and continues to headline the demonstrations.

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  Human Rights

  2022-09-22

  ISIS cells purged from Syria camp in massive security sweep

  While security personnel score successes against ISIS in al-Hol, officials continue to state that repatriation is the only real solution to the camp's problems.

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  Human Rights

  2022-09-21

  Iranian regime resorts to brutal violence to suppress growing protests

  The regime has deployed thousands of security forces on streets across the country to halt the most widespread protests since November 2019.

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  Human Rights

  2022-09-15

  Former Syrian inmates haunted by horrors of 'salt rooms'

  A new report provides the most thorough study yet of the structure of the regime's notorious Saydnaya prison, where thousands have died.

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  Human Rights

  2022-09-02

  Iranian oil sector workers protest dire conditions, political appointments

  As the IRGC scoops up Oil Ministry contracts, oil and gas sector workers toil for low wages in difficult conditions, including sweltering heat.

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  Human Rights

  2022-09-02

  China responsible for litany of rights abuses in Xinjiang: UN report

  Beijing has committed 'serious human rights violations' and 'crimes against humanity' in its arbitrary detention of Uighurs and members of other Muslim minority groups, the UN found.

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  Human Rights

  2022-08-30

  Wives, widows of Syrian detainees hardly freer than their husbands

  About half a million people have been detained in regime prisons since 2011, with thousands dying under torture or from poor conditions.

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  Human Rights

  2022-08-26

  'Shame them': rights leader advocates tough policy towards Russia, China

  'It's virtually impossible for governments to hide their abuses,' said outgoing HRW leader Kenneth Roth, pointing out China's repression of Muslims and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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  Human Rights

  2022-08-19

  Houthis kidnap, abuse women on fabricated pretexts for money

  The well documented detentions amount to ‘full-fledged kidnapping’ and are part of a systematic plan to collect money and blackmail families, officials say.

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  Human Rights

  2022-08-12

  Yemen takes steps to protect children from effects of war

  The government says it has been proactive in its efforts to safeguard children's rights and provide care for child victims of the war, while the Houthis continue their brainwashing of minors.