BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on 17 Iranian officials, including prominent members of the government and the judiciary it says play a key role in serious human rights violations. Agreed by EU foreign ministers on F…Continue Reading

BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on 17 Iranian officials, including prominent members of the government and the judiciary it says play a key role in serious human rights violations. Agreed by EU foreign ministers on F…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned on Friday what it called "sharply escalating" violations by Syrian forces and extended the mandate of its investigators documenting crimes against humanity that include exec…Continue Reading

London, March 24 (IANS) A UN human rights official has warned Sri Lanka against possible attacks on its rights activists after a UN body passed a resolution decrying rights violations in the island.Continue Reading

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Morocco should enact a meaningful law on domestic violence and repeal the penal code provision that in practice has allowed men accused of raping or having sex with minors to avoid prose…Continue Reading

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ ruling that sexual orientation cannot be used to deny custody rights is a landmark case for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) peo…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned on Friday what it called "sharply escalating" violations by Syrian forces and extended the mandate of its investigators documenting crimes against humanity that include exec…Continue Reading

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Russia should not pick and choose. If it relies on Human Rights Watch’s findings to support its condemnation of abuses by the Syrian opposition, it should pay equal attention to th…Continue Reading

A U.N.-appointed panel of human rights experts said Friday it has new information on high-level Syrian military defections, including four brigadier generals, and on doctors ordered to make patients unconscious during hospital visits by Arab League mon…Continue Reading