Opposition
Iranian human rights activists warn the West not to give money to the regime that terrorizes them.
CRY FOR HELP
Freethinkers in Bangladesh are increasingly targeted by Islamic extremists.
Nukes
Ali Khamenei needs a nuclear deal with the U.S. to preserve the power of the Supreme Leader after he passes.
Courage
The sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi on keeping the fight for human rights alive even as her brother and husband languish behind bars.
What Moderation?
Iranian leaders are threatening the imminent hanging of 30-year-old Soheil Arabi. His great crime? Posting on social media.
Dissidents
My father, an Iranian blogger, is being psychologically tortured and imprisoned—all for blogging about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Remember Their Names
From a children’s-book author languishing in an Egyptian prison to an early critic of the Assad regime, these jailed dissidents deserve our attention in the new year.
The United Nations wants us to remember human rights 365 days a year, in fact. One group that needs attention: 29 Kurds on a hunger strike in Iran’s Orumiyeh prison.
Religious Persecution
Waleed Al Husseini spent 10 months in Palestinian prison for being an atheist blogger. He asks why non-believers like himself are abandoned by the world.
Syria
Before ISIS militants surrounded the Syrian city, it had flourished as a place of tolerance and free speech. Now, that rich legacy has been wiped out.