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A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" next to the portraits of alleged victims of crackdowns, during a silent march denouncing the deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026. (Sébastien DUPUY / AFP)
August 3, 2026, 12:52 pm
Iran hangs two accused of spying for Israel as wartime executions ramp up
Tehran says Omid Behzad and Pouria Safvat were convicted of espionage for ‘transmitting the coordinates of sensitive military and security sites to Mossad agents’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators holding signs as they gather near the Francis Scott Key Bridge during a rally in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran, in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2026. (Amid Farahi/ AFP)
July 29, 2026, 12:33 am
Some Iranian prisoners facing execution reportedly sew lips shut amid hunger strike
Report says over 1,500 death row inmates at prison in Tehran area have been refusing food for 2 weeks, with video filmed inside the facility showing a group chanting: ‘Be our voice’
By ToI Staff and AFP
This undated photo provided by the family in July 2026 shows Mandana Sotoudeh, left, and her sister Mahsa Sotoudeh. (Courtesy Roya Basiri via AP)
July 13, 2026, 3:50 pm
Iran increasingly scapegoats Baha’i minority, including accusing members of spying for Israel
Rights groups say anti-government protests, war with US and Israel prompted Islamic Republic to publicly incite against the faith, arrest dozens of its members, some without charge
By FATMA KHALED
Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025. (AFP)
July 4, 2026, 2:39 am
Report alleges NGOs exploited Gaza suffering to raise funds, dismissed antisemitism claims
Survey of current and former staffers at humanitarian organizations by new advocacy group raises accusations of bias and efforts to shape an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian narrative around Gaza war
By Luke Tress
Bedouin families near Jericho in the West Bank dismantle their homes as they prepare to leave the area due to rising attacks by Israeli settlers, on January 16, 2026. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
June 10, 2026, 3:14 pm
Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘state-led’ ethnic cleansing in West Bank; IDF rejects charge
Rights group claims routine violence against Bedouin and Palestinian herding communities isn’t perpetrated by ‘bad apples,’ but is ‘a core component of a state-sanctioned campaign’
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and AFP
Members of the Baha'i religion demonstrate in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach on June 19, 2011 asking Iranian authorities to release seven Baha'i prisoners accused of spying for Israel and sentenced to 20 years in jail. (ANA CAROLINA FERNANDES / AFP)
May 8, 2026, 5:58 pm
Iran’s Baha’i minority community facing increasing arrests, torture and execution fears
Rights groups, relatives warn Tehran intensifying persecution of group amid regional tensions; Amnesty says regime falsely accusing Baha’is as spies for Israel
By Stuart Williams
A screenshot of a video purporting to show an Iranian child recruit to the IRGC's Basij militia wearing a military uniform and carrying a rifle, seen in Shariati Square, Mashhad, Iran, March 30, 2026. (Telegram / used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 3, 2026, 6:25 pm
‘War crime’: Amnesty slams Iran’s recruitment of children as young as 12 to Basij militia
Rights group cites eyewitnesses, videos as proof the IRGC has enlisted kids to man checkpoints, says deployment of child soldiers violates UN convention to which Tehran is a party
By Ethan Rubinson and AP
A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands at an unnamed base in the Middle East, January 18, 2026. (CENTCOM/X)
January 21, 2026, 10:06 am
Trump still pushing aides to draw up ‘decisive’ military options against Iran — WSJ
Options said to include actions aimed at toppling regime; Iran says it would fight back ‘with everything we have’; Amnesty warns Iran plans to execute protester on Wednesday
By ToI Staff and Agencies
This frame grab from a video released January 9, 2026, by Iranian state television shows a man holding a device to document burning vehicles during a night of mass protests in Zanjan, Iran. (Iranian state TV via AP)
January 9, 2026, 10:14 pm
Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi says Iran internet blackout could hide possible ‘massacre’
Peace prize winner says shutdown is a tactic; exiled activist says she was told hundreds hospitalized with eye injuries from pellet gun fire; international phone calls also blocked
By Agencies
File: Hamas terrorists are seen near the Gama Junction in southern Israel, close to Re'im and Kissufim, amid the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (South First Responders)
December 11, 2025, 11:55 am
In first, Amnesty accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity on Oct. 7 and during Gaza war
Organization had accused terror group of war crimes, now stresses systematic ‘extermination’; Hamas rejects charge, while Israel says report ‘falls far short’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
This image taken from video provided by the US Navy shows an aircraft launching from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea before airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2025. (US Navy via AP)
October 29, 2025, 12:37 pm
Amnesty: US strike on Yemen prison that killed dozens may be war crime
Rights group says April attack appeared to be ‘indiscriminate’ with no clear military objective at facility holding African migrants; US promises assessment soon
By AP and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians walk through a makeshift camp along the beach in Gaza City, August 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
September 3, 2025, 10:45 am
Critics accused of quietly rewriting meaning of genocide to fling charges at Israel
Israel advocates say groups have broadened definitions of crimes against humanity to encompass Jewish state’s actions, but others maintain updates needed for decades-old formulation
By Luke Tress
A munition from an Iranian cluster bomb that fell in central Israel, June 19, 2025. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2025, 4:59 pm
Amnesty International accuses Iran of firing cluster munitions at Israel
Report says Tehran launched the munitions, which scatter bomblets over an expanded area, at central Israel and Beersheba, calls their use a war crime
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
July 22, 2025, 2:58 pm
Amnesty calls for war crimes probe into Israeli strike on Iran’s Evin Prison
Rights group charges that ‘deliberate’ airstrike during 12-day war, which Iran said killed 79 people, cannot be seen as ‘legal military objective’
By AFP
Smoke plumes rise during an Israeli strike as a man pushed his bicycle along the Salah al-Din road near the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, used by food-seeking Palestinians to reach an aid distribution point set up by the privately-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), on June 25, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 4:50 pm
‘Lies’: Israel denounces Amnesty charge that aid system uses starvation in Gaza genocide
UK human rights group says Israel creating ‘deadly mix of hunger and disease’; Israeli Foreign Ministry responds: Amnesty joining forces with Hamas
By Agencies
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