UN rights chief slams UN Security Council inaction
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly denounced the UN Security Council for placing “geopolitical considerations” above the “collective…
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For U.N. leader on human rights, finish line looks blurry
GENEVA — In her final days as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay has neither slowed down nor…
U.N. rights chief: Israel may be committing war crimes in Gaza
GENEVA – Israel may have committed war crimes by killing civilians and shelling houses and hospitals during its two-week-old offensive in the…
Iran’s coverage: Larijani blasts UN duplicity on Iran
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran writes protest letter to UN high commissionaire for human…
Bahrainis stage protest rallies in several towns
People in Bahrain have once again staged anti-regime protests across the Persian Gulf country despite a ban on demonstrations and an intensified…
Iran’s Zarif meets UN human rights chief Pillay
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, discussing the global approach toward…
Bahrain forces detain, ill-treat children: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bahraini security forces regularly “detain children” with no reason and subject them to “ill-treatment” that may amount…
Group urges action on Bahraini rights violations
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has called on the United States and other Western allies of the Bahraini regime to pressure…
Military action in Syria risks igniting regional war: Iran UN envoy
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Mohsen Naziri Asl has warned military action in Syria will spark a…
UN criticized US, Israeli drone attacks
TEHRAN, Aug.20 (MNA) – The United Nations human rights chief has criticized the United States and Israel’s practice of carrying out drone…