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Saudi forces seize another Yemen-bound fuel ship in violation of UN-brokered ceasefire
Jul 14, 2022 05:51The Yemen Gas Company (YGC) says the Saudi-led coalition waging war on the country has seized yet another Yemen-bound fuel ship in blatant violation of the UN-brokered ceasefire.
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Iran calls on Sweden to immediately release Nouri
Jul 13, 2022 10:15Parliament's Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad has expressed grave concern over human rights violations committed against former Iranian official Hamid Nouri by Swedish authorities, calling on the Nordic country to immediately release him and compensate for damages caused to him.
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Palestinians to stage rally in protest at Biden’s visit to occupied West Bank
Jul 13, 2022 06:45Thousands of Palestinians are set to stage a rally in the West Bank as US President Joe Biden is en route to the Israeli-occupied territories to kick off a controversial trip to the region.
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British forces killed 54 Afghan civilians 'in cold blood', damning report reveals
Jul 12, 2022 10:07Commandos in Britain’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) corps killed at least 54 Afghan civilians in controversial circumstances but the senior military officials refused to act despite being aware of it.
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Iran urges UN to hold Sweden accountable for illegal detention of official
Jul 12, 2022 10:05A top Iranian rights official has urged the United Nations to hold the Swedish government accountable for the "illegal" detention and trial of an Iranian national, Hamid Nouri, while calling for his immediate release.
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Iran: Judiciary official blasts US as world's ‘biggest human rights violator'
Jul 07, 2022 10:07The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and the Judiciary chief’s deputy for international affairs has blasted Washington for claiming to be a defender of human rights while violating that both inside and outside the US.
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UK’s Johnson rejects Scotland’s independence referendum request
Jul 07, 2022 07:02British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to grant the Scottish government the authority to hold a second independence referendum, saying he “cannot agree that now is the time to return” to the independence question.
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Yemenis being evicted from strategic island to make way for UAE military base
Jul 06, 2022 23:56Dozens of Yemeni families are being forcibly evicted from their homes in Abd al-Kuri island, southwest of the strategic island of Socotra, to make way for an Emirati military base, purportedly under the supervision of Israeli military experts.
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US not qualified to talk about human rights, must answer for violations: Gharibabadi
Jul 04, 2022 00:43A senior Iranian rights official says the United States is in no position to talk about the issue of human rights given its far-and-wide violations on the international stage.
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3 decades on, Iran waiting for apology from US over downing of passenger plane
Jul 04, 2022 00:17Every year in late June and early July, Iranian activists get together to commemorate what they call the American Human Rights Week to recount instances of US rights abuses in Iran.