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UNHCR concerned about over 30,000 Central Africans fleeing election violence
Jan 08, 2021 15:52More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee the Central African Republic due to violence surrounding its elections, the UN said Friday, and tens of thousands more have been internally displaced.
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US protesters take to streets after Minneapolis police fatally shoot man
Dec 31, 2020 10:20US Protesters have gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, near the scene of a deadly shootout by the police, marking the first killing by the police since the death of African-American George Floyd in the city in May.
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Detention centers in UAE mass graves for female inmates, right organization warns
Dec 25, 2020 04:11An international human rights group has warned about the appalling condition of women being held behind bars across the United Arab Emirates, describing detention centers in the Persian Gulf country as “mass graves” for female detainees.
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Tehran condemns adoption of anti-Iran resolution at UN
Dec 17, 2020 08:29Iran has condemned a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying the document lacks legal status.
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Iran, Cuba, Venezuela raise alarm on impact of sanctions in light of COVID-19
Dec 01, 2020 11:01Iran, Cuba and Venezuela host a virtual seminar at the UN headquarters in Vienna on unilateral sanctions and their impacts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Human rights used as tool to pressure independent countries: Judiciary chief
Nov 23, 2020 14:44Iran’s Judiciary chief says the issue of human rights has turned into a tool at the hands of certain Western states to mount pressure on independent countries that do not fall in line with their policies.
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Australia admits troops involved in murder of unarmed Afghan civilians
Nov 19, 2020 12:11Australia has admitted that its military forces unlawfully killed dozens of civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.
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Iran dismisses Canadian-drafted resolution on its human rights situation
Nov 19, 2020 06:52Iran has condemned a UN resolution, drafted and proposed by Canada, as a rehash of “groundless” claims about the Islamic Republic’s human rights situation, saying it instead proves the “hypocrisy” of the “notorious” group of countries that voted for it.
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Iran: UN human rights report based on terrorists’ allegations, ignores US violations
Nov 18, 2020 09:03The head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights has dismissed the United Nations’ latest report on the human rights situation in Iran, saying it contains substantive flaws since it is politically-motivated and based on unsubstantiated allegations of terrorists tied to governments hostile to the Iranian nation.
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UK government's undermining of EHRC is a threat to democracy
Nov 15, 2020 14:16The UK government actively subverts democratic scrutiny by undermining independent bodies like the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) through a politicized appointments process.