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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. General Assembly committee Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States and its allies.Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – A UN committee on Thursday passed a resolution condemning human rights in North Korea, but the communist government rejected the action as “confrontational” and said it would not change.Continue Reading

North Korea has denounced a U.N. committee’s resolution expressing serious concern about what it called Pyongyang’s widespread and grave violations of virtually all human rights.Continue Reading

Three human rights groups on Friday charged that torture was used in Libya and impunity was granted to perpetrators, citing for instance the case of an engineer who died shortly after his detention.Continue Reading

ARAG scholarship recipient plans to work for human rights and better quality of life for people in Africa.Continue Reading

A UN General Assembly committee passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran, North Korea and Myanmar, provoking a furious reaction from their delegations.Continue Reading

Federal law bars U.S. forces from assisting foreign military units if there is evidence that theyhave gone unpunished after committing human rights violations. In Cambodia, thequestion of how Washington should interpret that law is far fromsettledContinue Reading

A UN General Assembly committee passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran, North Korea and Myanmar, provoking a furious reaction from their delegations.Continue Reading

A UN General Assembly committee passed resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran North Korea and Myanmar provoking a furious reaction from their delegations.Continue Reading

The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee expressed “deep concern” Thursday about Iran’s use of flogging, stoning and amputations as punishment in an annual review of the rights situation in several countries worldwide.Continue Reading

A U.N. General Assembly committee Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States and its allies.Continue Reading

A U.N. General Assembly committee on Tuesday accused Iran of serious human rights violations in a move that an incensed Iranian delegate said was orchestrated by the United States and its allies.Continue Reading

Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar on Thursday while a UN committee condemned human rights in Myanmar despite Chinese opposition.Continue Reading

A key U.N. committee is expressing “very serious concern” at North Korea’s widespread and grave violation of virtually all human rights, from its use of torture to severe restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly and religion.Continue Reading