UN rights chief

Iran is weaponising death penalty to scare protesters and stamp out dissent, UN human rights chief said, slamming the executions which he said amounted to “state sanctioned killing”. “The weaponization of criminal procedures to punish…
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday that further strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure could lead to a serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation and spark further displacement. In a speech to…
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that the repatriation of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh is not yet possible due to the situation in Myanmar. Although Bangladesh is not a…
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