IPORCWatch LiveIP DirectTagsSchedule December 15, 2024
December 15, 2024 Languages

human rights Search

UN rights chief backs calls for inquiry over Gaza killings

Friday, 18 May 2018 17:11
The UN human rights chief has slammed Israel's deadly reaction to protests along the Gaza border as "wholly disproportionate", backing calls for an international investigation

Lieberman urges Israel to pull out of UN rights body, asks US to follow suit

Thursday, 17 May 2018 17:24
The Israeli minister of military affairs has lashed out at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for its condemnation of the recent Gaza carnage, saying Tel Aviv and the US should immediately withdraw from the Geneva-based body.

U.N. asks Nicaragua to let it investigate protest deaths

Saturday, 12 May 2018 10:02
U.N. human rights spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani , has said the United Nations human rights office has asked Nicaragua to let it enter the country to gather evidence about the deaths of dozens of students in recent protests.

Infographic: American Human Rights Record

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 07:59
America's Human Rights Record includes police killing of African-Americans, repression of Wall Street movement protesters, aiding and abetting the Zionist regime in its killing of Palestinians, and helping Saudi Arabia in its killing of innocent women and children in Yemen.

Crisis looming in Sinai amid Egyptian army offensive: Human Rights Watch

Monday, 23 April 2018 16:21
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned of a looming humanitarian crisis in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula amid an ongoing military operation against Daesh-affiliated militants there, saying the army’s actions in the restive region risk “collective punishment.”

Dozens of businesses looted amid Nicaragua unrest

Monday, 23 April 2018 15:16
Dozens of shops in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua have been looted as protests and disturbances sparked by government social security reforms continued into Sunday. Human rights groups say at least 26 people have been killed in several days of clashes.

Iran describes US human rights report as 'unacceptable'

Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:52
The Spokesman of Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, denounced, the latest report of Department of State on human rights as a partial,  politicized, and rejected report.

Iran backs restoration of peace, development in Afghanistan

Sunday, 15 April 2018 22:13
Head of Iran's High Council of Human Rights Mohammad Javad Larijiani said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran fully supports restoration of peace, and development, in Afghanistan.

Serious human rights violations at refugee camp on Italian island

Wednesday, 11 April 2018 08:39
A new independent report has found refugees have been subjected to serious human rights violations at a camp on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Human Rights Watch Urges Al-Sisi to End Rights Abuses

Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:32
Human Rights Watch has urged the Egyptian President "to end serious human rights violations during a second term in office".