Human Rights

Western politicians’ hateful speeches ‘threat to human rights’: Iran envoy

Nov 06, 2020 08:48

Iran’s representative at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly has warned that the recent increase in hate-mongering speeches by Western politicians is a serious threat to human rights.
UNHCR chief says for world’s 80m displaced, international aid ‘life-saving’

Nov 05, 2020 16:15

The United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi said many refugees live within communities, rather than camps, where they are additionally impacted by the “pandemic of poverty.” Many are informal workers, whose livelihoods have been thrown into disarray. This has led to rising demands for assistance, even in countries that have offered refugees sanctuary for decades.
Human Rights Watch denounces Egypt’s mass executions

Oct 23, 2020 04:01

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly denounced Egyptian authorities for executing at least 49 prisoners, including two women, in just 10 days.
Human Rights Watch calls on Saudi Arabia to halt eight imminent executions

Oct 21, 2020 03:07

Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to stop the imminent execution of eight men charged with activities related to a wave of anti-government protests while they were under the age of 18.
Geneva-based rights council urges Saudi Arabia to stop crackdown on Palestinians

Oct 12, 2020 04:27

The Geneva Council for Rights and Liberties (GCRL) has strongly denounced the continued detention and prosecution of Palestinian and Jordanian figures in Saudi Arabia over their suspected support for the Palestinian resistance movement, calling on Riyadh to immediately release them.
Time to toss US sanctions in the nearest dustbin

Oct 11, 2020 18:11

Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, has made a joint statement at the General Debate of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, on behalf of 26 countries, criticizing the United States and Western countries for violating human rights, calling for the complete and immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions, and expressing grave concern on systematic racial discrimination.
Human Rights Watch launches campaign to counter Riyadh's bids to whitewash rights abuses

Oct 04, 2020 04:02

Human Rights Watch has censured Saudi Arabia as a "pervasive human rights violator," saying it has launched a new campaign to counter Riyadh's attempts to whitewash its rights abuses.
Amnesty urges Egypt to release detained protesters

Oct 02, 2020 14:52

Amnesty International has called on Egypt to release hundreds of people who were detained last month during anti-government protests.
Europe’s anti-Iran human rights statement typical of colonial mindset: Envoy

Sep 27, 2020 03:27

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations office in Geneva has lashed out at European states for making baseless accusations about the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic, saying slandering others is in line with certain Western countries' colonial mentality and their delusions of grandeur.
Iran: EU statement on its human rights situation ‘selective, unacceptable’

Sep 25, 2020 16:47

Iran has dismissed as ‘unacceptable, baseless and selective’ a joint statement by European countries on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic, saying it is in fundamental contrast with approaches to promote the issue globally.