Human rights

Migrants in Libya, including young girls, face risk of being raped, tortured, UN declares

A report published on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Support Mission said migrants are rounded up and abducted by criminal trafficking networks.

FEBRUARY 17, 2026|ByREUTERS

Illegal migrants from Nigeria sit in a waiting room before going to the airport during a deportation operation in the Libyan capital Tripoli on January 30, 2024.

MEMBERS OF the Palestine Action Group gather in Sydney, in May.

The Palestine Action ruling leaves Britain’s Jewish community exposed - comment

A UK High Court ruling against proscribing Palestine Action has raised fears within Britain’s Jewish community about who protects minorities when intimidation falls short of terrorism.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons

Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, SARAH BEN-NUN

Fires are lit as protesters rally on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

IRGC kills protesters in hospital beds, targets medical staff, Iranian doctor tells ‘Post'

Countless individuals unconnected to the protests died after Tehran cut landlines and internet access, preventing individuals from contacting emergency services, Dr. Reza told the ‘Post’.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF

The Associated Press writes that the increase in child members is related to the worsening of poverty in the country, increasing violence, and political instability.

NOVEMBER 27, 2024ByELLIE ESQUENAZI

People carry belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2024.

History repeats: World feigns ignorance to Iran's network of terror - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Foreigners died fighting other people’s wars since antiquity, but Iran’s proxy scheme is unlike anything history has seen, or mankind can afford

NOVEMBER 23, 2024ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

WEAPONS, INCLUDING Iranian ballistic missiles seized by the IDF during the ground operation in Lebanon, are displayed at a base in the South, last month.

Francesca Albanese alleges Palestinian doctor 'likely raped to death' in Israeli detention

Palestinian doctor Adnan Al-Bursh died in an Israeli prison after over four months of detention at both the Sde Teiman facility and Ofer Prison.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

The silenced suffering of Iran’s youth and the deafening silence of the West - opinion

In the end, it is not only Iran’s youth who suffer under this hypocrisy; it is the integrity of human rights itself.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM

IRAN FANS wear t-shirts with the message: ‘Woman Life Freedom’ outside a stadium before a 2022 World Cup match between Iran and Wales in Qatar. Young Iranians have dared to imagine a future free from the stranglehold of a regime that views every breath of liberty as a mortal threat, says the writer

Islamabad High Court grants bail to Bushra Bibi after nine months of detention

Bushra Bibi, wife of Imran Khan, granted bail amid ongoing legal challenges; US lawmakers urge Biden to address Pakistan’s human rights issues.

OCTOBER 26, 2024ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Police officers stand at the entrance of the district Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan November 28, 2023.

25 ViZionaries: Arsen Ostrovsky - No. 8

Israel activist whose posts reach millions around the globe each month.

OCTOBER 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Argentina's President Milei calls out UN's hypocrisy in condemning Israel

During his remarks, Milei criticized the UN for its hypocrisies in criticizing Israel.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN

Argentina's President Javier Milei addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2024.

The UN’s new Durban resolution is reinforcing racism - opinion

Surprisingly, Hamas’ October 7 massacre against Israel and the increased antisemitism that has followed the attacks are not mentioned in the resolution draft.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024ByDIANA KRIEF , ANDRIA SPINDEL

Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the UNHRC on his report on the human rights situation in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.

Endangering human rights: The pitfalls of cultural relativism and critical race theory - opinion

Cultural relativism’s empty notions of justice, rights, and welfare have defeated objective truths brought by realism in political argument.

AUGUST 23, 2024BySABRINA SOFFER

THE AMERICAN flag is set on fire at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington on the day that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress last month.

Canada chief human rights commissioner resigns after controversy over Israel activity

Birju Dattani announced his resignation in a LinkedIn post Monday, saying "I have agreed to resign as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, effective today."

AUGUST 12, 2024ByREUTERS