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How cutting down US military spending could bring about peace
Apr 06, 2021 09:52Certainly US history as well as its record of causing, not preventing, chaos undercut any idea of US moral authority. Moreover, the numerous US violations of international laws, its failure to ratify treaties that, among other things, ban land mines and cluster bombs and safeguard the rights of women and of children, and its failure to join the International Criminal Court, hardly recommend it for a position of leadership.
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Israeli occupation authorities ban celebration for new freed Palestinian detainees
Apr 06, 2021 09:37The harassing policies that Israel applies against newly freed Palestinian prisoners vary according to the prisoners' home regions and positions. In the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, prisoners are sometimes released at dawn or midnight to ensure families and friends cannot immediately greet and celebrate with the newly freed Palestinians.
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US biggest violator of human rights around the world: Syria rejects Washington report
Apr 04, 2021 03:47Syria says the United States’ latest annual report on human rights around the world is based on “delusions and lies” and represents the “height of hypocrisy” as Washington itself is the largest rights violator both inside and outside its borders.
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Controversial race report draws ire and criticism across British society
Apr 01, 2021 02:11As widely expected the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities review on racism in the UK has proven to be a whitewash, with the government-appointed body concluding that the UK is “no longer” a country where the “system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities”.
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Skyline International urges Facebook to review policies after disabling Press TV page
Mar 29, 2021 00:57An international human rights body has urged Facebook to revise its restrictive policies against user content following the permanent removal of the English-language Press TV news network’s page without prior warning.
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Iran takes United Nations 'rights report' apart, belies it bit by bit
Mar 28, 2021 00:38Iran provides the United Nations with a detailed letter exposing all instances of falsification and deviation from the UN Human Rights Council's standards in a recent controversial HRC report about the Islamic Republic.
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Terrorism sponsors not politically, morally entitled to issue anti-Syria rights resolutions: Envoy
Mar 25, 2021 06:40Syria’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has strongly condemned the passage of a Britain-drafted resolution against his country at the Human Rights Council, saying sponsors of terrorism are neither politically nor morally justified to introduce such measures.
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Belated acknowledgment: Ethiopia confirms Eritrean soldiers' role in Tigray conflict
Mar 24, 2021 06:19Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has confirmed for the first time that troops from Eritrea entered Tigray during the recent conflict in the northern Ethiopian region.
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Iran: Violators of nations’ rights cannot lecture others on human rights
Mar 24, 2021 06:18Tehran has dismissed the credibility of a politically-biased resolution against Iran that was narrowly adopted by the Human Rights Council, saying those who infringe upon the rights of other nations are not entitled to lecture about human rights, and must be held to account for their own gross abuses.
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Rights group slams exclusion of Israel, Saudi-led coalition from UN’s children-in-conflict blacklist
Mar 19, 2021 07:58A group of child rights experts has strongly criticized the UN Secretary-General for excluding eight parties, including the Israeli regime and the Saudi-led coalition, from a global blacklist of parties accountable for harming children during conflicts.