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Belgian official: Israel steals organs of Palestinian kids
Oct 21, 2018 10:39A Belgian official’s remarks that Israel steals the organs of Palestinian children, whom it kills, have made headlines again after the news website which published them decided to stick to the story.
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UN slammed for electing ‘unqualified’ members to Human Rights Council
Oct 13, 2018 03:37The UN on Friday came under fire from several rights groups and activists, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), for picking a number of notorious violators to its Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya genocide: UN
Oct 09, 2018 08:30The United Nations (UN)’s special envoy to Myanmar says the Myanmarese government is “unwilling” to investigate state-sponsored violence against the Rohingya Muslim community in the country, calling on the international community to take action before it is too late.
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Bahraini regime committed some 850 grave human rights violations in July: Rights group
Oct 07, 2018 11:53An independent human rights group has documented 844 cases of grave human rights violations in Bahrain during the month of July as the ruling Ale Khalifeh regime relentlessly continues with its crackdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf sheikhdom.
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Saudi strikes on Yemen may amount to war crimes: UN experts
Aug 28, 2018 06:14United Nations human rights experts have raised the alarm at the high rate of civilian casualties in aerial assaults by Saudi Arabia and its allies on Yemen, saying the strikes “may amount to war crimes.”
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Iran warns Saudi Arabia of consequences if activists executed
Aug 26, 2018 06:43Iran’s High Council of Human Rights has warned Saudi Arabia of the consequences of its "cruelties," including reported plans to execute several human rights activists.
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HRW skeptical of Myanmar inquiry into Rohingya abuses
Aug 18, 2018 09:01Human Rights Watch has warned that a panel set up by Myanmar to probe atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state does not seem to be performing its task in a “serious and impartial” manner.
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Relocate Rohingya refugees to safer grounds: HRW to Bangladesh
Aug 06, 2018 07:39Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the threat of natural disasters facing the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in an overcrowded mega camp in Bangladesh’s border region near Myanmar, calling on Dhaka to relocate the hapless refugees to safer places.
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French promoting Egypt’s repression through arms sales: Rights groups
Jul 02, 2018 05:38Human rights groups have blasted France for what they call playing a part in Egypt’s “bloody repression” of dissidents by providing the government of President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi with state-of-the-art weapons and surveillance systems.
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Haley blasts rights groups for siding with Russia, China at UNHRC
Jun 21, 2018 07:47US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has blasted human rights groups for what she calls their push to “thwart reform” at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by siding with Russia and China.