The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency says that inspectors found some particles of uranium that had been enriched up to 27 percent at a site in Iran.
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Court sentences opposition protester to 5 years in jail plus flogging
GVF — An Iranian protester has been sentenced to five years in jail and flogging, say human rights sources.
Five Iranian Kurds sentenced to 46 years in prison, one tortured to death
GVF — A revolutionary court in Iran has sentenced five Kurdish citizens to a total of 46 years in prison, according to reports.
In Annual Rights Report, U.S. Warns Of ‘Instability’ Following Arab Spring
In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational.”
Jailed blogger on hunger strike
Jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has once again begun a hunger strike to protest his dire situation at Evin Prison.
Ashton Announces New Nuclear Talks With Iran Despite ‘Significant Differences’
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says a new round of talks between the six world powers and Iran will take place next month in Moscow.
Amnesty International Report 2012
Strong Arms Trade Treaty needed as UN Security Council looks unfit for purpose The courage shown by protesters in the past 12 months has been matched by a failure of leadership that makes the UN Security Council seem tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose, Amnesty International said as it […]
Amnesty Report Says Governments ‘Fail To Lead’ Against Abuse
Amnesty International says courage shown by rights protesters during the past year has been matched by an “endemic failure of leadership” from local and international authorities.
Six-nation group tries to defuse tensions over Iran nuclear programme
World powers including US and China present package to Iran and call for halt to uranium production at underground site.
Leaders guilty of rights abuses banned from Olympics
LONDON (AFP) — World leaders and politicians guilty of human rights abuses will be banned from entering Britain for the 2012 London Olympics, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.