Tag: human rights violations

UN Calls on Turkey to end state of emergency and its accompanying Human Rights violations

March 21, 2018 Jaber Ali

The United Nations on Tuesday called on Turkey to end its 18-month-old state of emergency, saying that the routine extension of emergency powers has resulted in “profound” human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people and may have lasting Read more

Headlines, World Newshuman rights violations, State of Emergency, Turkey, UNHCHR, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

Iran accuses UN critics led by Canada of “Iranophobia”

November 20, 2015 meconfident

A U.N. resolution that was drafted by Canada criticizing Iran’s human rights records was approved in a 76-35 vote with 68 abstentions by the U.N General Assembly’s human rights committee. The resolution highlighted “serious concern” over the use of the Read more

Headlines, World NewsCanada, Gholam Hossein Dehghani, human rights violations, Iran, Iranophobia, Justin Trudeau, Rouhani, UN