Human Rights News and Updates

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• Testimony of freed Palestinian prisoners November 14, 2025
  Testimony of recently freed Palestinian captive Khaled Barakat from Sde Teiman prison camp, as documented by the Palestinian Center for Prisoners’ Rights:– “I spent 130 days in the camp blindfolded, with my hands and feet shackled, and police dogs attacked us daily.” – “We were held in metal cages, each containing 130 detainees. We were monitored […]
• Gaza--Where the Dead Are in a Better Place Than the Living November 10, 2025
  Even if you were to ask any AI platform, not just an an average person in the Western world, whether Israel committed genocide in Gaza, the answer will likely equivocate. This isn't a reflection of the real world, but of the limitations inherent in AI algorithms and the data they are trained on. AI doesn't […]
• Netanyahu calls Palestinian prisoner abuse leak worst PR crisis in Israel's history November 2, 2025
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the leak of footage showing ostensible abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman “caused enormous reputational damage to Israel, to the IDF, and to our soldiers.” “It is perhaps the most serious public-relations attack Israel has experienced since its founding — I cannot recall one so concentrated and intense,” […]
• France and Spain renew push to curb UN veto power October 31, 2025
  France and Spain have renewed calls to limit the use of veto powers at the UN Security Council, arguing the mechanism has repeatedly paralyzed global action in the face of humanitarian crises like Gaza. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the council must be restructured to reflect current geopolitical realities, advocating permanent seats for African […]
• UN rapporteur: Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian women has desensitized the world to atrocity October 31, 2025
  UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Reem Alsalem has condemned Israel for what she described as the systematic killing and abuse of Palestinian women, warning that global inaction has made such atrocities appear acceptable.Speaking during a UN briefing on Palestinian rights, Alsalem said, “What happens in Palestine does not stay in Palestine,” stressing that […]
• More Bahrainis detained, Open letter to UNOCT on Saudi HR October 29, 2025
  The khalifi regime of Bahrain has continued arrests and detentions. Today its agents arrested Mohammed Al Singace from the heart of Manama. He was holding a small banner with his demand for work while standing peacefully to attract attention. He was handcuffed and treated as a criminal. AlSingacewas released later. His case is embarrassing the […]
• UN rapporteur says over 60 states complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza October 29, 2025
  UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese told the General Assembly that more than 60 countries are complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.Presenting her report Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime from South Africa on 28 October, Albanese said those states have “fueled Israel’s genocidal machinery” by arming, funding, and shielding Tel Aviv […]
• ICJ Rules Israel Must Allow UN Access and Humanitarian Aid to Gaza October 22, 2025
  In a landmark opinion issued today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared that Israel must allow and facilitate the presence and activities of the United Nations in the occupied Palestinian territory, including the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The Court affirmed that as the occupying power, Israel bears a binding responsibility under […]
• A Case Study in Collective Punishment October 14, 2025
  Israel’s Use of Aid as LeverageAs the war enters its final stages, Israel has made a startlingly candid admission: it is deliberately using starvation and the restriction of humanitarian aid as instruments of war and political leverage. In a display of remarkable brazenness, Israeli officials told the United Nations that the flow of aid to […]
• The Way Dehumanization Paves the Path to Atrocity October 12, 2025
  Every genocide and every crime against humanity is rooted in one deliberate act: the dehumanization of its victims.Study any instance of genocide, mass atrocity, war crime, or systematic violence—and you will find a consistent, chilling pattern. Before the violence begins, a narrative is constructed to justify it; as it unfolds, that same narrative legitimizes it; […]
• ICC complaints aginst Meloni, Italian officials for complicity in Israel’s genocide against Gaza October 8, 2025
  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni revealed that a complaint has been filed with the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing her of complicity in genocide due to Italy’s backing of Israel amid its ongoing bombardment of Gaza.She made the remarks in an interview with the state broadcaster RAI, marking her first public response to the matter, […]
• UNICEF: One child killed or injured in Gaza every 17 minutes October 8, 2025
  UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Perez warned on Tuesday that children in Gaza are facing “levels of violence and fear that no child should ever experience,” as Israel’s assault continues.Perez said the toll was “shocking and unacceptable,” with one child killed or wounded every 17 minutes and countless others orphaned or displaced.
• Freedom of Speech as a Relational Right September 24, 2025
    Power, Justice, and the Foundations of Human Dignity Freedom of speech, thought, and conscience constitutes the foundational precondition for the realization of all other human rights. Without the capacity to articulate grievances, contest authority, and participate meaningfully in public discourse, rights remain abstract and unenforceable. Engaging with arguments advanced in Muslims and the Western Conception […]
• UN Commission Declares Israel’s Actions in Gaza Genocide: Implications under International Law September 17, 2025
  In a landmark development with far-reaching consequences, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, has for the first time concluded that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Commission’s findings, published on 16 September 2025, mark the most authoritative determination by a […]
• A Verdict of Conscience: The World’s Leading Genocide Scholars Condemn Israel’s Assault on Gaza September 1, 2025
  In the halls of academia, where terms are weighed with meticulous precision and historical precedent is everything, a verdict has been rendered. It is not a verdict from a court of law, but from a court of conscience and expertise—one that carries a moral weight so profound it cannot be ignored.The International Association of Genocide […]