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Columbia University on Friday agreed to several demands from the Trump administration, including changes to supervision of its Middle East studies program, and amendments to rules for student protests and discipline. The statement released on the university’s website announced that the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African studies department and the Center for Palestine Studies [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that the Iranian government is systematically targeting the Azeri ethnic minority through the imposition of “abusive” charges and severe prison sentences aimed at silencing dissent. The crackdown has intensified since October 2024, with at least two dozen Azeri activists imprisoned following unfair trials, according to HRW. These activists [...]

A coalition of 31 human rights organizations issued a joint letter on Friday, urging the European Union (EU) to engage with Bahraini authorities to secure the release of Danish-Bahraini Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Swedish-Bahraini Sheikh Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad. For almost 14 years, both men have been arbitrarily detained, enduring torture and denial of medical care. According [...]

US President Donald Trump laid out plans on Thursday to combat what he described as an “explosion of antisemitism on our campuses and in our streets” in recent months. The announcement came on the heels of an executive order, issued Wednesday, on measures the administration planned to take to protect American Jews. As has become [...]

The chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA), Rabbi Menachem Margolin, urged European governments to combat the rise of antisemitism around Europe during a meeting held in Cyprus on Monday. Margolin said, “Since October 7th, antisemitism has surged to alarming levels worldwide, especially in Europe.” To fight this, Rabbi Menachem Margolin requested the “unwavering support of [...]

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported on Saturday that at least 112,414 individuals remain forcibly disappeared due to the actions of the Assad regime in Syria, despite the recent releases of thousands of detainees. The SNHR emphasized that these disappearances are not isolated incidents but part of a broader strategy employed by the [...]

Demonstrations erupted in several Christian neighborhoods of Damascus and other parts of Syria on Monday demanding protection for Christians in response to the arson of a Christmas tree near Hama, amid ongoing Christmas holiday celebrations. The protests followed the circulation of a viral footage on social media, which depicted hooded individuals setting fire to an [...]

The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks a turning point for the country, but the path forward will require a carefully managed political transition, accountability for war crimes, and implementation of UN Resolution 2254 to ensure a stable and representative government. The end of an era The fall of Bashar al-Assad was [...]

The mayor of the Netherlands’ capital Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, condemned the attacks on Israeli and Jewish people following a football match between the Maccabi Tel Aviv football team and a Dutch team. Israeli supporters were beaten and assaulted on the evening of November 7. Halsema said that the attacks were not related to “the situation [...]

In response to the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a dual Iranian-German national, Germany shut down three Iranian consulates located in Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich on Thursday. Sharmahd was executed in Iran on terrorism charges on Tuesday, with the sentence being widely condemned by Germany, the United States, and numerous international human rights organizations, who have [...]