Two leading human rights groups have condemned a nine-year prison sentence upheld by a Tehran court for prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Dadkhah also received a 10-year ban on practicing law. Dadkhah, who has defended a number of political prisoners in Iran, including ...
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, lawyer of Yousef Nadarkhani who was sentenced to death for apostasy, is interviewed by Reuters in his office in Tehran./ Prominent human rights advocate and attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who represents the Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran in a case that sparked ...
Judge Salavati has upheld the nine-year prison sentence for prominent lawyer and distinguished human rights activist Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was only informed of the decision when he went to court to follow up on a client’s ...
UN estimates suggest at least 650,000 people remain in Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive/ Thousands of Palestinians are continuing to flee Gaza City, as Israel's major ground offensive aimed at occupying the area enters a second day. Israel says its aim is to free hostages held by Hamas ...
Israel ramped up air strikes on Gaza City in recent days/ Israel has launched its long-planned major ground offensive on Gaza City, conducting heavy air strikes overnight as troops pushed into the edges of the city. Thousands of Palestinians have been forced to flee down a single coastal road to ...
The mother of a Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli fire mourns during his funeral at a hospital in Gaza City in August/ A United Nations commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. A new report says there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four ...
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for Israel to be excluded from international sports competitions over its actions in Gaza. "Israel cannot continue to use any international platform to whitewash its image," he told elected representatives of his Socialist Workers' Party. He said ...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, with the aftermath of Israel's strike in Qatar expected to be high on the agenda. Last week's strike, which targeted senior Hamas leaders on the close US ally's territory, drew international ...
Families of Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas have said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the "one obstacle" preventing their return and reaching a peace deal. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum wrote on social media that Israel's strike on Qatar last week shows "every time a ...
The first group of critically ill and injured Palestinian children set to receive NHS treatment have left Gaza and are expected to arrive in the UK in days. They are the first children to be brought to the UK for treatment as part of a government operation being co-ordinated by the Foreign, ...
Nasser Faratawi's West Bank property was taken over by the IDF in March/ Nasser Faratawi holds up a blackened garland of silicone flowers and a singed Ramadan lantern as he picks through the charred ruins of what was his popular party shop in Tulkarm in the north of the occupied West Bank. ...
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told the council that Israel was "led by blusterous extremists"/ The United Nations Security Council has condemned Israel's strikes on a residential compound in the Qatari capital Doha, which targeted senior members of Hamas. The ...
Israel's military operation in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed thousands of buildings, and severely restricted the supply of food. The operation was launched after Hamas rampaged through villages, military posts and a music festival in Israel on 7 October 2023, killing ...