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Iran's foreign minister issues most direct threat yet to US as protester death toll rises

The death toll from the protests has reached at least 4,519 people, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said.

Euronews

Activists say death toll from security crackdown on Iranian protesters exceeds 4,000

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency fear the number will grow as information leaks out of a country still gripped by the government's decision to shut down the internet.

Euronews

Five face trial in Peru in rare prosecution over the killing of an Amazon defender

Five men are set to stand trial in Peru over the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Amazon defender

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Soaring executions in Iran suggest use as 'tool of state intimidation,' UN says

At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said.

Euronews

Steve Coogan brands Reform UK as ‘anti-human rights’

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The Independent UK

Steve Coogan says Reform UK threaten human rights in stark political message

The Alan Partridge actor says Nigel Farage’s party are ‘anti-human rights because they think it’s some red tape bureaucracy’

The Independent UK

Teenager among Iranian protesters sexually assaulted in custody, rights group says

Two people detained in Kermanshah, including 16-year-old, tell group they were subjected to sexual abuse during arrest

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Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan says Reform UK is ‘anti-human rights’

The 60-year-old is starring as Mick McCarthy in the film Saipan.

Evening Standard

Africa’s human rights institutions are electing leaders. Why this matters

Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten vacancies in continental human rights institutions.

The Conversation

Syrian swimmer among activists cleared by Greek court of aiding migrant rescues

A Greek court has acquitted a group of rescue volunteers who aided migrants on the island of Lesbos, ending a case that drew criticism from international human rights groups

The Independent UK

$Geopolitical football: Iran? Trump? How the game can stand strong in a fractured world$

Geopolitical football: Iran? Trump? How the game can stand strong in a fractured world

The 2026 World Cup is set to be a polarising event but, even if it will not be the first to be politically contentious, it will expose a growing unease

The Guardian - UK

EU's Kallas set to present fresh sanctions on Iran imminently after crackdown on protesters

New package builds on an extensive sanctions regime against Iran, centred on travel bans and asset freezes over serious human rights abuses. The new measures will be presented as soon as today by foreign policy chief Kallas.

Euronews

Rights group warns on failure to deliver justice after sectarian killings in Syria's Sweida

Human Rights Watch criticizes the Syrian government for lacking accountability in sectarian violence

The Independent UK

Iranian footballers killed in protests as former national team captain slams FIFA silence

Media and human rights reports indicate that several footballers have been killed during Iran’s recent protests, developments that have once again raised serious concerns about the widespread use of live ammunition against unarmed demonstrators.

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Reprieve for Iranian protester Erfan Soltani facing execution

Human rights campaigners have expressed concerns, however, that the death penalty may only have been postponed

The Guardian - UK

Execution of condemned Iranian protester postponed, family told

Family stayed up until dawn waiting for news of Erfan Soltani who was due to be executed on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Rights group disputes claim ministers cannot act over Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers

Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demands

The Conversation

Elderly men sentenced to life in prison reflect on the reality of ‘hope’ and growing old behind bars

We were standing by a large white board in one of the prison’s educational areas, debriefing how our study on hope had gone when the man slipped into the room without a sound. Like the other participants he was over 60, and serving a life sentence. He had grey hair,…

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Iran protest death toll expected to rise as Tehran blames 'terrorists'

On the 18th day of country-wide protests in Iran sparked by persistent hyperinflation leading to anger over cost of living spike, Euronews brings you the latest information amid the regime-imposed information blackout.

The Conversation

Uganda’s autocratic political system is failing its people – and threatens the region

When he was first sworn in as Uganda’s president in 1986, Yoweri Museveni declared that his victory represented a “fundamental change”. He promised that Ugandans would no longer die at the hands of fellow citizens. He also criticised African leaders who sought international prestige while their people lacked food, healthcare…

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Pressure mounts on EU to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terror organisation

Several member states, including Germany, are pushing for the designation, which would place the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on the EU’s terror list alongside groups such as Daesh and al-Qaeda. But legal and political constraints remain. Human rights group fears more than 2,000 killed.

International Business Times UK

Iran Defies Trump Warning as Shopkeeper Faces Crane Hanging, Streets Fill With Body Bags

Iran defies Trump's warning as executions escalate; shopkeeper faces crane hanging and body bags line streets amid regime crackdown.

The Independent UK

Iran accused of airing nearly 100 forced confessions from protesters

The videos are coming at an unprecedented rate

Evening Standard

Iran protester Erfan Soltani 'to be executed tomorrow' amid brutal crackdown by regime in Tehran

Human rights organisations say 26-year-old clothes shop owner will be hanged for protesting

Euronews

'Keep protesting, help is on the way,' Trump tells Iranians as death toll surpasses 2,000

Trump's remarks came as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said over 2,000 people had been killed in anti-government protests.

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