GENEVA The bloody repression of peaceful demonstrators in Iran must end, the UN rights chief insisted on Thursday, as countries discussed launching an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown.Volker Turk opened an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council, where countries were called to discuss Iran's "deteriorating human rights situation" and determine if a
GENEVA The bloody repression of peaceful demonstrators in Iran must end, the UN rights chief insisted on Thursday, as countries discussed launching an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown.Volker Turk opened an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council, where countries were called to discuss Iran's "deteriorating human rights situation" and determine if a
The UN Human Rights Council agreed to monitor the rights situation in Russia. The move marks the first resolution focused on rights violations inside Russia.