Reuters' Mohammed Salem has won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this image of a Palestinian woman, Inas Abu Maamar, cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in Gaza.

The government in #Iran 's relentless crackdown on women and girls who bravely resist the compulsory hijab law demands immediate international attention.

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#WomanLifeFreedom

Sharing another picture of an Iranian woman who was beaten by the morality police this week during arrest over hijab. Sharing with permission to document the violent crackdown on women this week in Iran.

'...This is the world, which is fuller
and more difficult to learn than I have said.
You are right to smudge it that way
with the red and then
the orange: the world burns.'

readalittlepoetry.com/2011/03/22/you…

Starvation. The unacceptable face of Israel’s war on Gaza.

A doctor from an international aid agency took these pictures 10th April at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

The desperate parents gave permission to publish these.

A group of Iranian students have been threatened with prosecution after a video of them dancing after their graduation emerged on social media this week.

Human rights lawyers say the threats were made under pressure to please the IR authorities. My report theguardian.com/global-develop…

In the police investigation, it has been determined that the 75-year-old father of the girl strangled and killed her under the pretext of 'honor.'

#womanlifefreedom

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Israel's killing of foreign aid workers with World Central Kitchen drew headlines, quite rightly. But the vast share of the aid workers, journalists and health workers killed in Gaza are local Palestinian heroes who take risks to help others and mostly die anonymously. RIP, Mohammed Abed.

Iran has reportedly granted amnesty to four environmentalists jailed for several years on bogus charges. They include Sam Rajabi and Niloufar Bayani. Reports say they will be released soon. They shouldn’t have been jailed in the first place.

#Nowruz , the Persian New Year, is traditionally a time of familial celebration, filled with joy and hope. However, for victims of state violence in Iran, this joyous occasion is often overshadowed by the loss of their loved ones, who were killed by state security forces for…

Some balance after the grotesque smears...

‘Honest and brave’: progressive Jewish figures defend Jonathan Glazer speech

'Jewish Voice for Peace and the Auschwitz Memorial among those defending Oscar winner amid backlash over words at ceremony'
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Dear Secretary Antony Blinken: You recently received a written assurance from Israel that it does not restrict or impede the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza.

Far from being credible or reliable, that assurance isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

Enforce our law. Halt arms to Israel.

New Interview: I talked to Tal Steiner of the Public Committee Against Torture In Israel about the numerous prisoners who have died in Israeli custody since 10/7, the details of the harsh crackdown in the West Bank, and how her work is seen by Israelis. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…

Israel is intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza. This is a political act that requires a political response. Ceasefire now.

🚨 Today's release of the UN's Fact-Finding Mission on Iran's 500+page inaugural report is a wake-up call to the world.

Unlawful deaths, torture, and arbitrary arrests are among the ongoing atrocities in the Islamic Republic.

🔗iranhumanrights.org/2024/03/crimes…

We're among dozens of human rights organizations urging UN Human Rights Council member states to renew the mandates of two key bodies tasked with monitoring the human rights situation in Iran.

Read our letter here: iranhumanrights.org/2024/03/43-int…

UN Fact-Finding Mission Exposes Crimes…

The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of #Iran concluded that Jina #MahsaAmini 's death was unlawful and that the State was responsible.

A year-and-a-half after her death, Iranian women continue to suffer, the #Iran FFM said.

#HRC55

New piece on Zone of Interest: the speech, the lies, most of all, Glazer's harrowing warning about how genocide can become 'ambient.'

This is what feels most contemporary, most of this terrible moment, about Glazer’s staggering film.

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Elon Musk should buy TikTok and destroy it like he did Twitter