Tags - Human Rights
Rasa - Saudi Arabia has been castigated over its dismal human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council, as the Arab kingdom faces a torrent of widespread international condemnation over the “premeditated” gruesome killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Istanbul last month.
News ID: 441403 Publish Date : 2018/11/06
Rasa - A leading Arab newspaper referred to the mellow reaction by the western countries to Saudi Arabia's murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi, accusing them of preferring financial benefits to human rights.
News ID: 441261 Publish Date : 2018/10/29
Rasa - Iran’s envoy in the third committee of the UN General Assembly Mohammad Hassaninejad strongly criticized the United Nations' recent report on human rights practices in Iran.
News ID: 441112 Publish Date : 2018/10/18
Rasa - Three female dissidents have launched an open-ended hunger strike at a detention center in Bahrain to protest their dire situation and mistreatment by prison authorities as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on human rights campaigners and pro-democracy activists in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
News ID: 441109 Publish Date : 2018/10/18
Rasa - An independent human rights group has documented 844 cases of grave human rights violations in Bahrain during the month of July as the ruling Al Khalifah regime relentlessly continues with its crackdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
News ID: 440903 Publish Date : 2018/10/08
Rasa - The US government promotes itself as a human rights beacon, and based on that standing, has a lot of leverage in international forums to promote human rights.
News ID: 440889 Publish Date : 2018/10/07
Rasa - The UN Human Rights Council is telling us what we already knew for years that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their cronies are committing war crimes in Yemen in breach of International Humanitarian Law.
News ID: 440662 Publish Date : 2018/09/23
Rasa - Iran's Human Rights Headquarters in a statement on Saturday warned Saudi Arabia of the dire consequences of executing 5 human rights activists, including a woman who is thought to be the first female campaigner in the country facing execution.
News ID: 439226 Publish Date : 2018/08/26
Rasa - Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani blasted the West, specially the US, for undermining human rights across the world and supporting terrorist groups.
News ID: 439101 Publish Date : 2018/08/14
Rasa - A dispute between Saudi Arabia and Canada is escalating to new levels after Riyadh abruptly cut ties with Ottawa over its criticism of the Saudi crackdown on dissent, targeting educational exchanges with the North American state.
News ID: 438990 Publish Date : 2018/08/07
Rasa - The United Nations human rights office has called on Saudi Arabia to release all peaceful activists as Riyadh continues its heavy-handed crackdown on dissent.
News ID: 438904 Publish Date : 2018/08/01
Rasa - Former US President Jimmy Carter says America has lost its position as the so-called global leader for human rights under President Donald Trump.
News ID: 438826 Publish Date : 2018/07/27
Rasa - Human rights NGOs gathered on Wednesday at the UN headquarters in Geneva called for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to comply with international standards with regards to human rights.
News ID: 438551 Publish Date : 2018/07/05
Rasa - The United Nations will soon appoint its next High Commissioner for Human Rights – one that the international civil society expects to directly impact the besieged communities in Yemen.
News ID: 438500 Publish Date : 2018/07/02
Rasa - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly denounced the Western states for their pretense of advocating human rights while in reality supporting terrorist groups and acts of terror.
News ID: 438457 Publish Date : 2018/06/27
Campaigners:
Rasa - Campaigners feared that Prince William’s visit to the Middle East “is being used by Israel to mask its human rights abuses against Palestinians", as the duke of Cambridge landed Israel later on Monday.
News ID: 438433 Publish Date : 2018/06/27
Judiciary Chief:
Rasa - Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani underlined that the human rights issue is currently being used as a tool by the enemies, specially the US, to exert pressures on other countries in a bid to achieve their illegitimate goals.
News ID: 438404 Publish Date : 2018/06/24
Rasa - After voiding so many international agreements and treaties, it’s not really surprising that the United States is now withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The reason: “The body is too often critical of Israel’s human rights record”!
News ID: 438353 Publish Date : 2018/06/21
Rasa - Secretary of Iran's Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani lashed out at the West for its double-standard approach towards human rights issues in Iran and certain other regional and western states.
News ID: 438344 Publish Date : 2018/06/20
Rasa - The United States plans to quit the United Nation's Human Rights Council, primarily over Washington's claim that the UN’s main human rights body is biased against Israel, according to US and Western diplomats.
News ID: 438284 Publish Date : 2018/06/17