The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has received a request to hold an urgent session on the situation in El Obeid, Sudan; a request submitted by countries including the United Kingdom and Germany.
Deputy Chief of Iran’s Judiciary and Secretary of the Human Rights Headquarters, strongly criticized the UN Security Council and human rights mechanisms performance in addressing the crimes committed by the Zionist regime and the US against Iran and described the attacks on critical infrastructure as “environmental genocide” and war crimes.
Iran’s Human Rights Headquarters stated in a statement that international human rights bodies should take serious and effective measures to hold the aggressors accountable, stop the killing of civilians, especially children and students, and ensure compensation for damages.
The Gaza Center for Human Rights revealed Sunday that approximately 10,000 patients in the Gaza Strip have died over the past two years. This is a result of being denied treatment due to the near-total collapse of the health system and persistent Israeli restrictions on travel and medical evacuation.
Almost eight decades have passed since the founding of the United Nations, an organization born from the ruins of World War II with the purpose of guaranteeing peace, promoting human rights, and preventing humanity from repeating the horrors of the past. However, contemporary reality shows a weakened UN, silenced by the interests of the major powers and distant from the peoples who cry out for justice.
Recent attempts by displaced Shia families to return to their homes in Ashrafiyah, a village on the outskirts of Homs, have once again failed due to threats and intimidation by armed groups affiliated with the Julani-led authorities.
