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On the occasion of the 13 th of Aban (4 November), the High Council for Human Rights issued a statement emphasizing that this day serves as a reminder of the fundamental truth that freedom and human dignity are not privileges to be granted by global ...

UN agency: Yemen ‘cannot even afford to worry about the coronavirus’

In Yemen, whose people are living through a long-running, brutal war, which has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 is far from being a top priority, says the top UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in the Arabian Peninsula co...

HCHR secretary’s reaction to speeches made by three western countries’ officials

Ali Bagheri Kani reacted to remarks made by officials of the three Western countries at a meeting of the Human Rights Council who spoke out against the human rights situation in Iran.

Exemptions granted to Iranian inmates unique

The false depictions of so-called human rights advocates about the situation of Iranian prisoners were revealed.

Iran vaccinates 20,000 elderly and disabled people against Corona virus: Official

20,000 elderly and disabled people across the country injected the Corona virus vaccine on Friday.

High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council: Serious violations by Israel in the occupied Palestine

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held an interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on her report on ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory...

Judiciary chief: US, Western Govts violated Human Rights in Iran-Iraq war

Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that Iran must reveal to the world that how the US and the Western governments violated Human Rights during the 8-year imposed war to achieve their evil wishes.

46th Human Rights Council session held on line

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-sixth regular session, hearing from Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Council; Volkan Bozkir, President of the General Assembly; António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General; Michelle B...

Oxfam: British arms sales prolonging Saudi war in Yemen

Oxfam has accused the British government of prolonging the war in Yemen by allowing the export of air-to-air refueling equipment that it fears could be used to help the Saudi air force conduct indiscriminate bombing in the country.

Mental health of young people worsening in UK: Experts

About 7% of children have attempted suicide by the age of 17 and almost one in four say they have self-harmed in the past year, according to a paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry, and experts say the figures could rise as a result of the pande...

Human Rights Council Festival does not put a smile on faces of Palestinian and Yemeni people: HR official

Mentioning the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Ali Bagheri kani criticized the political approach to human rights issues saying that it does not put a simile on the lips of humanity.