Foreign policy experts in Berlin and Washington are strongly criticizing using human rights to justify military interventions.
Tag: Rights
UN Rights Report Criticizes Iran
The UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has released an “advanced unedited version” of a report that criticizes the Iranian government for shortcomings in respecting basic rights and a failure to adhere to the country’s own laws.
Iranian Protesters Clash With Police Over Water Rights
ISFAHAN, Iran-Protesters in the Iranian town of Varzaneh clashed with police this week after more than a month of demonstrations against the government’s diversion of water from central Isfahan Province to other regions.
Iran, Syria Top UN’s Human Rights Meeting
Dozens of government officials are gathering in Geneva for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Weekly Human Rights News
Weekly Human Rights report by International Organisation to preserve Human rights in Iran.
Shirin Ebadi’s report on the situation of human rights in Iran
Shirin Ebadi in her report on the situation of human rights in Iran in January-February-protests to harassment of families of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
Human Rights for Individuals or Organizations?
What are referred to as incompatibilities and inconsistencies of human rights principles with conditions prevalent in Iranian society are nothing but tools the Iranian regime uses to play with human rights organizations and Western governments, and to engage them in a dialog and ultimately tradeoffs.
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 6 years in jail
A court in Iran has sentenced human rights lawyer to six years in prison, sources report.
Human Rights Summit In Geneva
Activists from Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria, and Tibet are gathering for the fifth Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
Independent UN panel urges action amid ongoing human rights abuses in Syria conflict
A United Nations independent panel investigating human rights violations in Syria today called for urgent action to ensure justice for the crimes committed, adding that it will submit a list of names next month of those believed to be most responsible for the atrocities.