PRESS RELEASE Human rights group urge Ban Ki-moon to condemn “scandalous” election GENEVA, July 8 – Iran was elected to a top post on the UN Arms
PRESS RELEASE Deleted from U.S. draft: “the current Syrian government’s announced candidacy for the Human Rights Council in 2014 fails to meet the standards for
PRESS RELEASE Chief of probe accused Israel of ‘total discrimination’ GENEVA, July 6 – As the UN Human Rights Council’s sixth inquiry into alleged Israeli violations began
PRESS RELEASE U.S. and EU urged by Russia, China, Cuba to water down draft U.N. resolution opposing Syria’s candidacy; vote is tomorrow in Geneva Rights group
PRESS RELEASE Sponsors include Syria, Iran, North Korea, Cuba GENEVA, July 5 – The U.N.’s top human rights body defied the U.S. today by adopting a
PRESS RELEASE Concerted U.N. speeches slam Chavez bid for rights council seat; dictatorships urged “striking NGO statement from the record” Venezuelan banker & ex-political prisoner
PRESS RELEASE Syrian & North Korean Torture Victims Also to Testify Before U.N. Human Rights Council GENEVA, June 25 – Venezuela’s most-wanted man will appear
PRESS RELEASE UN expert freedom of assembly would consider visit to Canada; Belarus dictatorship accuses Canada of police brutality GENEVA, June 21 – For the
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, June 17 – Canada will be put in the company of some of the world’s worst abusers of human rights tomorrow when
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, June 13, 2012 – The United Nations circulated a draft resolution rejecting a Palestinian bid to list the birthplace of Jesus as
PRESS RELEASE International campaign of 40 MPs & NGOs protest candidacy Coalition from 19 countries including US, France, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Bahrain, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco,
PRESS RELEASE French resident Francois Hollande said Assad’s envoy would be expelled — but in fact Lamia Shakkour stays in Paris as rep to UNESCO