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gatestoneinstitute.org – In the ankang—”peace and health”—system, detainees are strapped onto beds, pumped full of drugs, receive electric-shock therapy, and left to lie in their own excrement. Researchers Chi Yin and Jerome Cohen, writing on the Diplomat site, report that some Chinese are confined for their lifetimes. The system also appears to be grounded in the Chinese Communist Party’s optimistic totalitarian …

VOA — Negotiators from Iran and six world powers reportedly are close to agreeing on a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), which saw the U.S. and Europe roll back sanctions on Iran in return for limits on Tehran’s nuclear program. Then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the deal in …

Amnesty – This report reveals how Turkish and Iranian security forces have unlawfully returned Afghan men, women and children to their country, despite the general situation in Afghanistan and the real risk of serious human rights violations there. Iranian and Turkish authorities have also denied Afghans the opportunity to lodge claims for international protection and have unlawfully used firearms as …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Rahim Ghanbarzehi, a Baluch man and Mojtaba Khademinejad, an Afghan national, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on August 28. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Rahim Ghanbarzehi (pictured), who was better …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Saeed Sabaki, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related offences, was executed in Bandar Abbas Prison on August 28 along with Esmail Golrizan. According to the Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Bandar Abbas Prison on August 28. His identity has been reported as Saeed Sabaki, a 27-year-old father of three. Saeed Sabaki …