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UN Envoy: Assange subjected to torture, violations of due process rights

World - WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange has been subjected to “psychological torture” and his due process rights have been “systematically violated” by all the states involved, according to UN Special Rapp

Turkey may be 'responsible' for executions of Kurds in Syria: UN

World - The United Nations has warned that reported summary executions of civilians in northeastern Syria carried out by Turkish-backed Takfiri terrorists could constitute a “war crime,” and that the Ankara g

Opinion

America is likely complicit in war crimes in Yemen. It's time to hold the US to account

Mohamad Bazzi, journalism professor at New York University

Trump's asylum ban will worsen a crisis the US helped create

Lauren Carasik, Director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Western New England University

A cult with a missing leader

Reza Alghurabi, Iran-based Arab journalist

Iran to present third national report in Human Rights Council

IRAN - The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. The UPR is a significant innovation of the Human Rights Council which is based on equal treatment for all countries.

Iran's judiciary chief warns of ISIL's revival after Turkey's attack

IRAN - Iran's Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi expressed deep concern that Turkey's incursion into Syria would bring the ISIL terrorist group back to the stage in the region.

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