Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death, UN experts urge
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
Sixteen UN-appointed independent human rights experts encouraged Iranian authorities on Friday to stop indicting people with charges...
Iran protests rage on streets as officials renew threats
Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country’s southeast, even as the...
Iran lawmakers demand severe punishment for 'rioters' as protests rage
Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic...
Iran: Thousands of Detained Protesters and Activists in Peril
Unfair Trials; Charges Against Protesters Include Death Penalty Risk Iranian authorities have escalated their assault against widespread...
Security forces tear gas students defying Iran protest ultimatum
Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase on Sunday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning...
BU Launches New Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Major
Interdisciplinary program will examine humanity’s darkest moments, have a human rights focus One step to keeping history’s darkest events...
Afghanistan human rights and humanitarian crisis continues, urgent action necessary, says UN expert
After completing his 12-day visit to Afghanistan today, Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...
Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory illegal: UN rights commission
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli government’s de...
Press Briefing -- Iran protests: Reports of child deaths, detentions are deeply worrying
DELIVERED BY Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani A month after demonstrations erupted across...
First, Iran came for a rights activist. Then for his family and friends.
The security agents came for Hossein Ronaghi while he was in the middle of a live television interview in Tehran. The Iranian blogger and...
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