Human rights

Press release on protests in Iran

  Mass protests against price liberalization and the government’s indifference to the living conditions of the country’s people, which began in recent days in several cities of Khuzestan province, have spread to several other Iranian provinces. Demonstrators are protesting against rising food prices and demanding the resignation of Iran’s religious …

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Call to place Afrin under International Protection

afrin occupied by turks

“45 Syrian and international organizations call on bringing an end to the suffering of residents in Afrin, ending daily human rights violations and facilitating a safe return of the forcibly displaced population. We also call for the formation of  a civilian council consisting of the local population of Afrin”. On …

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Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

United Nations A/HRC/43/20 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Situation of human …

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United Nations – Geneva : Syria war: executions condemned as violence continues ‘on both sides’ of border with Turkey.

15 October 2019   Amid ongoing fighting in northern Syria and disturbing reports that extrajudicial killings have been streamed online, the United Nations and their partners are continuing to deliver humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of people displaced by the violence, UN agencies stressed on Tuesday.   Briefing journalists …

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