Western World

“Banning TikTok does nothing to address the endemic human rights risks and harms associated with the surveillance-based business models of Tik Tok and other major tech companies such as Google and Meta.

Death of Black man pinned to ground by Milwaukee hotel security draws George Floyd comparisons

A Black man died after four security guards pinned him face down on the ground outside a hotel in Milwaukee in an act his family’s lawyer called “disturbing” and “reminiscent of the killing of George Floyd.”

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights demanded the release of a Christian Iranian citizen from British prison

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran criticized the British government's opposition to the amnesty and return of the Christian Iranian citizen in Britain prison and demanded efforts for his im...

Gharibabadi: Filing a criminal case for those who disrupt the presidential elections abroad

The Vice President of the Judiciary for International Affairs stated: “Criminal cases will be filed for any Iranian or non-Iranian individual abroad who, according to public reports, reports by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the private plain...

4.4 Million People in the US Disenfranchised

The United States is out of step with the rest of the world in disenfranchising large numbers of citizens based on criminal convictions, the Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report released toda...

Misuse of Texas Troopers Has Broader Implications for the US

While the pro-Palestinian student protests and accounts of police crackdowns at universities across the United States in April have fallen out of the newscycle, students at the University of Texas at Austin continue to face criminal charges and other...

US supreme court rules unhoused people sleeping outside can be fined and jailed

The US supreme court has ruled that cities in the US west can criminalize unhoused people sleeping outside even when they lack access to shelter.

Gharibabadi: Direct narrations of US human rights violations help better understanding of human rights crimes committed by this country

The Roundtable on “United States plus 3 (terror, sanctions and crimes against humanity)” was held on Saturday July 29, 2024 at the High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the presence of the Chief of the Headqua...

US has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7

The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza, said two U.S. officials briefed on an upda...

How Sweden's youth homes nurtured killers, creating Europe's gun crime capital

The killer was only 14 and had lived in youth homes as a ward of the authorities since he was eight.

The Last Condition of Bashir Bi Azar in France by the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights

Referring to the continued detention of Bashir Bi Azar by the French despite the issuance of a deportation order, the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights of the I.R. of Iran stated that the question is why the French want to keep h...