THEFEDERALIST (Elle Purnell) - Britain’s Censorship Regime Was Always Going To Get People Like Henry Nowak Killed
The U.K.'s censorship regime indulges the idea that people who hold certain beliefs do not deserve to live freely — or at all.
NYTIMES (Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon) - Executions Surge in Iran Since Cease-fire, Rights Groups Say
Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to intimidate Iranians from returning to the streets.
STRIPES (Phillip Walter Wellman) - Iran using children in military roles as US strikes continue, rights groups say | Stars and Stripes
Iran is recruiting and mobilizing children as young as 12 into a military campaign, according to Amnesty International, which says the practice amounts to a war crime.
NYTIMES (Erika Solomon) - Iran Detains Opposition Leaders Following Talks with Trump Administration
The detentions of politicians from Iran’s opposition follow mass arrests and a string of repression tactics aimed at preventing further anti-government unrest.
NYTIMES (Aurelien Breeden) - Erfan Soltani, Iranian Protester Who Reportedly Faced a Death Sentence, Is Released on Bail
Mr. Soltani, 26, was arrested last month as Iran brutally repressed anti-government demonstrations.
AI:Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old Iranian protester caught in the regime's brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations, has reportedly been released on bail after facing a potential death sentence. His arrest and subsequent legal jeopardy are part of a larger pattern of violent repression by the Iranian government against its citizens during recent unrest, marking another high-stakes development in the ongoing tension between the Islamic Republic and international human rights standards.Open
NYTIMES (Pranav Baskar and Leily Nikounazar) - Children Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests
An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.