Iran rapper Toomaj Salehi rearrested days after release on bail
Iranian authorities have rearrested rapper Toomaj Salehi, less than two weeks after his release on bail following his detention over...
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Shot fired, crowd maced at pro-Palestinian protest outside Israeli solidarity event in Skokie
The melee unfolded when protesters demonstrated outside an event called to show solidarity with Israel at a banquet hall Sunday evening....
In Europe, Free Speech Is Under Threat for Pro-Palestine Protesters
On Oct. 14, tens of thousands of protesters gathered across the U.K. and Europe to express support for Gaza, where more than 1 million...
Before hundreds of protesters were killed, Egypt debated less lethal options, report says
A decade after hundreds of Egyptians were killed in a single day when security forces dispersed a sit-in protest in Cairo, a new report...
The settlers wanted supreme power. They got a rebellion instead
The religious-Zionist movement has made vast inroads in Israeli state and society for two decades. The judicial overhaul may bring it all...
Angola: Grave Police Abuses Against Activists
Impartially Investigate, Prosecute Abusive Security Force Members Angolan security forces have carried out more than a dozen unlawful...
Protests erupt in Bulgaria after attacks on woman by ex-partner deemed ‘mild’
Rallies in Sofia and other cities after leniency shown to man whose ex-girlfriend says she was cut hundreds of times by him Thousands of...
El régimen de Irán ejecutó a más de 350 personas en lo que va de año
En 2022 fueron ejecutadas al menos 576, muy por encima de los 314 en 2021. “La pena de muerte se utiliza para generar miedo social y...
Timeline: Key events since fall of Indonesia’s Soeharto
An economic crisis as well as mass protests brought down Indonesia’s longtime leader and brought new freedoms. This week marks 25 years...
Mass protests erupt in Israel after Netanyahu fires minister who opposed judicial overhaul
Massive crowds filled the streets of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv late Sunday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his...
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