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In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police while in custody, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (Middle East Images/AP)
March 20, 2023, 6:45 pm
UN expert accuses Iran of possible ‘crimes against humanity’ since Amini death
Rights council rapporteur says evidence indicates beating death of woman in custody not isolated incident; slams regime response to protests, including mass arrests and torture
By AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks in a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, January 29, 2023. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
February 26, 2023, 3:52 pm
Russia, Iran sending top envoys to longest-ever UN Human Rights Council gathering
Session scheduled to continue for over 5 weeks in Geneva; Iranian FM to attend against backdrop of domestic rights protests
By Jamey Keaten
A general view taken on November 24, 2022, shows the assembly during a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Iran, at the United Nations in Geneva. (Valentin Flauraud/AFP)
January 7, 2023, 9:58 am
70% of UN rights council members are non-democracies, says watchdog
UN Watch director says electing authoritarian regimes to panel ‘is like naming Al Capone’ to fight organized crime, makes it difficult for body to carry out positive work
By Michael Horovitz
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan, November 16, 2022. (Marwan Ali/AP)
December 15, 2022, 2:04 pm
UN rights chief details Russia’s summary killings of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians
Over 400 executed in first 6 weeks of invasion, including children; actual figure likely ‘considerably higher,’ Human Rights Council hears
By AFP
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