US sanctions Houthi leader for torturing prisoners December 10, 2024 The US Embassy in Yemen said that Al-Murtada, in his role as head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, has been directly invol...
Clerical rule behind Iran’s economic struggle December 03, 2024 Imprisoned critic of Iran 's Islamic government, Mostafa Tajzadeh, has accused Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of fueling poverty and corrup...
Human rights report documents 20 deaths in Houthi Prisons September 23, 2024 A report issued by the Human Rights Office in Yemen 's capital, Sana'a stated that it documented 2,500 violations committed by the H...
Iranian government accused of torturing protesters January 25, 2023 The Islamic Republic continues to use a wide range of punishments for anyone who protests its conduct, but the range of its torture techniq...
Swedish Court Finds Iranian Guilty Over Mass Executions July 14, 2022 A Swedish court will on Thursday render its verdict in the trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official accused of war crimes duri...
Tuberculosis breaks out in Iranian women's prison July 04, 2022 At least 40 cases of tuberculosis have been reported in an Iranian women’s prison, a former prisoner and activist said on Monday. The site...
UN report documents upward trend of executions in Iran June 26, 2022 A new report presented this week to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva - where the secretary general of the international bod...
Erdogan expands Turkey’s prison network September 01, 2021 The Turkish government allocated 556 million lira (58 million euros) in the first quarter of 2021 for the construction of six new prisons, w...
