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Sputnik: Hard Brexit may lead to increased UK sales of arms to ‘oppressive’ gov'ts

Friday, 20 July 2018 17:53
A sizable increase in the UK weapon sales across the globe may be exacerbated further after Brexit in the event of London seeking to multiply arms supplies to governments with a poor human rights record, Andrew Smith, a spokesman for the NGO Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), told Sputnik.

Mali: Hundreds killed in intercommunal violence this year

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 08:03
At least 289 civilians have been killed in intercommunal violence in Mali this year, according to the United Nations human rights office.

Violent Nicaragua protests claim another 10 lives: rights group

Monday, 16 July 2018 08:02
Nicaraguan police and paramilitary groups loyal to President Daniel Ortega killed at least 10 people on Sunday, a human rights association said, as the death toll from violent clashes in the Central American country continues to rise.

Tunisian minister of constitutional affairs submits resignation

Sunday, 15 July 2018 10:16
Tunisian Minister of Relations with the Constitutional Authorities, Civil Society and Human Rights submitted his resignation on Saturday, to Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.

UN: South Sudan troops killed 232 civilians, raped 120 women

Wednesday, 11 July 2018 08:24
The United Nations human rights agency says at least 232 civilians have lost their lives and 120 women and girls raped this spring during attacks launched by South Sudan government soldiers and their allied forces in opposition-held rural areas.

Former secretary of national security council :US administration does not believe in Human rights

Wednesday, 04 July 2018 12:03
Saeed Jalili in interview with Iran press said that the us present administration does not really believe in Human rights.

US turning its back on human rights: HRW

Saturday, 30 June 2018 11:27
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned America's decision to withdraw from UN's top human rights body over what it calls the body’s entrenched bias against Israel and said the US is turning Its back on human rights.

UN probe accuses DRC troops, militia of 'crimes against humanity

Wednesday, 27 June 2018 08:14
UN human rights investigators have accused security forces and militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of committing atrocities amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity in the restive central region of Kasai.

Iranian judiciary chief: American human rights a pressure tool on countries

Sunday, 24 June 2018 07:55
Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has said that American human rights issue became pressure tools against certain countries.

NHRC asks for suspension of Saudi, UAE in UN rights body

Saturday, 23 June 2018 15:59
National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Chairman Ali bin Smaikh al Marri has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC ) to suspend the membership of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.