UN Committee Criticizes Iran’s Human Rights Record

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I would imagine that the Iranians who fled from the crazy Ayatollahs still have contacts in Iran to tell them what is going on.

UN Committee Criticizes Iran’s Human Rights Record


November 20, 2015

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee has criticized Iran for cracking down on dissent and for its increased use of the death penalty.

The committee on November 19 approved a nonbinding resolution drafted by Canada that expresses serious concern about rights violations in the Islamic republic.

It demanded that Tehran halt "widespread and serious restrictions, in law and in practice, on the right to freedom of expression, opinion, association, and peaceful assembly" of human rights activists and government critics.

It also noted the "alarming high frequency" of the death penalty in Iran. The continuing executions of minors puts Tehran in violation of international accords it has signed, the resolution said.

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