Human Rights

Published: 14 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The quiet streets of Manchester feel much colder these days for Amaher Nour and her family. Her husband Ahmed al-Doush remains trapped in a prison cell thousands of miles away in Riyadh. The British national was arrested in 2024 during what should have been a joyful family holiday. Since that fateful day his wife has fought a tireless...

Published: 13 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The cold stone floors of Wormwood Scrubs represent a harsh reality for many inmates within the British justice system. For Umer Khalid, a young man from Stockport, these floors have become his only means of movement. At twenty-two years old, Khalid suffers from a debilitating condition known as limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. This rare genetic disorder causes the muscles...

Published: 13 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The global community now stands at a critical juncture regarding basic human rights in Iran. More than one hundred Nobel laureates have united to demand the release of Narges Mohammadi. This urgent plea comes as the celebrated human rights activist faces a severe medical crisis. Her health has declined rapidly during her long period of detention within a...

Published: 12 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The legal landscape of the United Kingdom has witnessed a truly landmark decision today. A prominent human rights barrister has successfully overturned a referral for a contempt charge. Rajiv Menon KC found himself at the centre of a highly unusual judicial controversy recently. This case emerged from his closing speech during a trial involving several political activists. These...

Published: 11 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A harrowing new report highlights a grave humanitarian crisis currently unfolding across the Mexican landscape. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has released a sweeping and deeply disturbing formal investigation. This document presents a dire picture of disappearances involving more than one hundred thousand people. Most of these tragic cases occurred after the government declared war on powerful...

Published: 11 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a "clinical" and desperate race against time, the imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was granted a temporary medical suspension of her sentence on Sunday, May 10. The 54-year-old activist, who has become a "sacred" symbol of the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, was moved at a "160 MPH clip" by ambulance from Zanjan Prison to...

Published: 11 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a "clinical" and harrowing interview with the BBC, a prominent Iranian human rights activist has detailed the "asymmetric" trauma currently facing the nation’s civil society. As a fragile truce holds following the February 28 conflict with the US and Israel, the "sacred" hope for peace is being overshadowed by a "nasty" reality: the Iranian government is using...

Published: 11 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a "national security" incident that the United Nations has branded a "new level of dehumanization," an elderly Palestinian man’s final rest was "nasty and mischievously" interrupted this weekend. On Friday, May 8, in the village of Asasa, south of Jenin, Israeli settlers forced a grieving family to dig up the body of their father, Hussein Asasa, just...

Published: 09 May  2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing number of current and former immigration judges in the United States are warning that political pressure inside the immigration court system is threatening judicial independence and undermining confidence in the rule of law during President Donald Trump’s second administration. As mass deportations intensify and the White House pushes for tougher immigration enforcement, judges at the centre...

Published: 09 May 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A major diplomatic development has emerged in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War as a three-day ceasefire agreement has been confirmed by both Russia and Ukraine. The temporary truce, announced by US President Donald Trump, is scheduled to take effect from 9 May to 11 May and includes a large-scale prisoner exchange and a suspension of all “kinetic activity” between...