CNN Special Report
How Iran's security forces use rape to quell protests
Covert testimonies reveal sexual assaults on male and female activists as a women-led uprising spreads
By Tamara Qiblawi, Barbara Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir, Alex Platt, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Celine Alkhaldi and Muhammad Jambaz, CNN
A trickle of people passes through a normally busy border crossing in the mountains of northern Iraq. “It’s a big prison over there,” one Iranian woman says, gesturing to the hulking gate that marks the border with Iran’s Islamic Republic, which has been convulsed by protest for over two months.
A portrait of the founder of Iran’s clerical regime, Ruhollah Khomeini, looms against a backdrop of rolling hills studded with streetlights. Snatches of travelers’ muted conversations punctuate an eerie silence.
Fear of indiscriminate arrest has made many reluctant to risk the journey. Some of the few who cross say the noose is tightening: protesters gunned down, curfews in the border villages and nighttime raids on homes.
Fifa and Qatar in urgent talks after Wales rainbow hats confiscated
- Fifa reminds Qatar of assurances given before World Cup
- Governing body understood to be deeply concerned
Incidents involving Football Association of Wales staff and Wales supporters having rainbow-coloured bucket hats confiscated before the Group B opener against the USA are being urgently investigated by authorities.
Fifa and the Qataris were in talks on the matter on Tuesday, where Fifa reminded their hosts of their assurances before the tournament that everyone was welcome and rainbow flags would be allowed.
The Guardian also understands Fifa is deeply concerned about several incidents around the match, including Welsh FA staff and fans being confronted by security for bringing the hats into the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium and a US fan with a rainbow flag being confronted on the metro. The Qatari Supreme Committee is expected to issue a statement in the next 24 hours.
Iran protests: 40 foreigners arrested amid ongoing clampdown
Iran's judiciary said the detained foreigners will be tried according to Iranian laws. Meanwhile, the UN said the situation in the country was "critical."
Iran announced the arrest of 40 foreigners who allegedly took part in recent anti-regime protests.
The detained foreign nationals will be tried according to the country's domestic laws, Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Massoud Satayshi told a press conference on Tuesday.
He also confirmed that two French individuals arrested earlier this month remain in custody, hinting that a ruling on the case might be imminent.
High SocietyHigh Hurdles Face Germany's Cannabis Legalization Plans
Students at Korean schools harassed over missile launches
Ethnic Korean students in Japan are being targeted for harassment, and in some cases outright violence, following a recent barrage of missile launches by North Korea.
The Japan Network toward Human Rights Legislation for Non-Japanese Nationals and Ethnic Minorities visited the Justice Ministry with Korean school officials in October to call on the government to take concrete action, including sending out a message that it will not tolerate discrimination and stepping up security around Korean schools.
“The framework in which discrimination is directed against Korean schools has been a historical problem since prewar Japan’s colonial rule,” said lawyer Masao Niwa, a joint representative of the group comprised of lawyers and researchers.
Indonesia earthquake: Many schoolchildren killed as toll soars to 268
Many of those killed and injured in a major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java were children, rescuers say, as the death toll soars to 268.
Aprizal Mulyadi, 14, was at school when the quake hit, saying he was trapped after "the room collapsed and my legs were buried under the rubble".
He said he was pulled to safety by his friend Zulfikar, who later died after himself becoming trapped.
More than 1,000 people were wounded, officials say.
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