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North Korea slams US as 'gross violator of human rights'

Wed Jan 31, 2018 14:14:20

North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump's administration as a "gross violator of human rights", its state media reported Wednesday.

Bahrain high court upholds jail term for activist Rajab

Mon Jan 15, 2018 14:21:38

Bahrain's court of cassation on Monday confirmed a two-year jail sentence against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, convicted for press statements critical of his government, a judicial source said.

'Worrying' clampdown on human rights: UN condemns Saudi Arabia

Wed Jan 3, 2018 09:09:23

Saudi Arabia faces new calls to release the dozens of people detained since September in what has been condemned as a “worrying” clampdown on human rights.

Saudi releases 23 high-level ‘corruption’ detainees

Wed Dec 27, 2017 08:57:21

Rights groups have said the purge, which has seen some 320 people called in for questioning and over 159 people detained, has raised human rights concerns.

Myanmar, accused of crackdown, invited to U.S.-Thai military exercise

Sun Dec 24, 2017 08:40:55

Myanmar's crackdown on Muslim Rohingya from Rakhine state since August has caused around 650,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh in recent months.

US becoming 'world champion of extreme inequality' under Donald Trump, says UN poverty envoy

Sat Dec 16, 2017 13:32:24

The United States under Donald Trump is fast becoming “the champion of inequality”, according to a scathing report by the United Nation’s expert on poverty.

EU governments complicit in migrant torture in Libya, says Amnesty

Tue Dec 12, 2017 09:59:32

European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya, Amnesty International has alleged.

Uncertainty shrouds Canadian arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Tue Dec 12, 2017 07:56:34

Pressure is mounting on the Canadian government over an "historic" $12bn-arms deal to Saudi Arabia, with legal experts and human rights watchdogs expressing outrage and calling for its cancellation.

Iran dismisses UN Human Rights resolution as politically-motivated

Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:18:19

Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected as unacceptable a new resolution by the UN Third Committee that voices concern about the status of human rights in Iran, saying support for such a politically motivated resolution from war criminals and sponsors of terrorism has discredited it.

Iran dismisses UN Human Rights report as politically-motivated

Sun Sep 3, 2017 14:51:16

Tehran does not recognize a new report the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran is going to submit to the UN General Assembly Third Committee, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, rejecting the report as baseless, biased and politically-motivated.

Trump silent on imminent Saudi executions based on problematic confessions

Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:37:52

Rights groups urge Trump to intervene on cases they say hinge on coerced confessions and flawed trials.

Saudi Arabia: 14 men facing 'imminent' beheading, highlighting sectarian divisions

Sun Aug 13, 2017 07:54:26

Fourteen men who face being imminently beheaded in Saudi Arabia at the stroke of a pen have raised the plight of the Shia minority in the Sunni kingdom.

US-Led Airstrikes Kill 29 Civilians in Syria’s Raqqah: Monitor

Wed Aug 9, 2017 10:20:05

At least 29 civilians, including women and children, have lost their lives in fresh air raids conducted by the US-led coalition in Syria’s northern city of Raqqah over the past 24 hours, a monitoring group says.

US turning blind eye to real perpetrators of terror acts: Iran’s Spokesman

Wed Jun 28, 2017 13:23:15

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned the recent US Supreme Court's decision to revive parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, saying that Washington is turning a blind eye to the real perpetrators of terrorist attacks on US soil.

A Cornerstone for Murder: US, Israel Providing Air Cover for ISIS, Al-Qaeda in Syria

Tue Jun 27, 2017 13:38:47

During the past 6 years, the main victims of America’s regime change war on Syria have been civilians. This is while the protection of civilians during armed conflict is a cornerstone of International Humanitarian Law.

US Downs Syrian Fighter Jet Engaged in Anti-Daesh Operations

Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:07:55

A Syrian fighter plane engaged in operations against Daesh in Raqqah has been downed by the US-led coalition.

UN experts decry deteriorating human rights in Bahrain

Fri Jun 16, 2017 15:37:02

U.N. human rights experts are denouncing a "sharp deterioration" in the rights situation in Bahrain, including an intensifying crackdown on opposition parties and a Shiite religious leader.

Ayatollah Khamenei: US behind Middle East insecurity

Tue Jun 13, 2017 08:46:51

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US is responsible for instability in the Middle East.

Independent: Bahrain is quietly heading towards a ‘total suppression of human rights’

Sun Jun 4, 2017 15:27:52

Secular opposition party dissolved by court order and five dead in protests as ruling family cracks down on dissent

France says Bahrain tensions putting "brake" on national reconciliation

Fri Jun 2, 2017 16:51:37

France said on Friday that increasing tension in Bahrain was preventing national reconciliation efforts in the country after a decision to dissolve the main secular opposition group, which has alarmed human rights campaigners.