Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2021-04-13

  IRGC commander Salami sanctioned for role in 2019 protests

  Hossein Salami 'bears responsibility for serious human rights violations' and those under his command 'used lethal force to suppress' the protests. Some estimates suggest 1,500 were killed.

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  Human Rights

  2021-04-09

  Beijing turns Muslim suffering in Xinjiang into musical melodrama

  The musical film 'The Wings of Songs' is a tasteless attempt by China to try to reframe the regime's well documented abuses against Muslims in Xinjiang -- and no one is buying it.

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  Human Rights

  2021-04-06

  New efforts aim to prevent Houthis' ongoing interference in aid distribution

  The Houthis have been tampering with the aid distribution process for years, but now efforts are moving ahead to open aid centres outside areas controlled by the Iran-backed group.

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  Human Rights

  2021-04-02

  Rights activists in Moscow urge Russians to recognise Syrian abuses

  The 'overwhelming majority' of interviewees saw Russia as a destructive foreign force whose intervention helped bolster the brutal regime.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-25

  Foreign governments urged to retrieve citizens from Syria's al-Hol

  Human Rights Watch said governments must repatriate citizens linked to ISIS from Kurdish-run camps in north-eastern Syria, warning of dire consequences if nothing is done.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-16

  Houthis caused Yemen blaze that killed migrants: HRW

  Migrants at a Sanaa holding facility were protesting cramped and unsanitary conditions when they were rounded up and locked into a hangar, before the Houthis fired projectiles into the building.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-16

  Rights groups file lawsuit against Russian mercenaries for murdering Syrian

  Three prominent advocacy groups have filed a criminal complaint against members of the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group over a 2017 beheading in Syria.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-12

  Sanctions welcomed for Houthi official who tortured, sexually abused women

  Sultan Zabin played a prominent role in subjecting the women to various types of psychological and physical torture, beatings with sticks and electric cables, humiliation and degradation.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-10

  UN report exposes women's 2nd-class status in Iran

  Women's rights remain dismal in Iran with only minor legal progress over the past decade: child marriage, domestic violence and 'morality police' are the brutal reality for many.

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  Human Rights

  2021-03-06

  Assassinations, intimidation: Iran-backed militias run roughshod over Iraq

  Iran-backed militias have long been violating Iraq's sovereignty and silencing those who dare to speak out against the Iranian regime's agenda.