Protests as sanctioned Iran minister addresses UN rights meet
A general view of the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seen on February 26, 2018 in Geneva (AFP Photo/Jean-Guy PYTHON)/ Geneva (AFP) - Demonstrators gathered outside the UN in Geneva Tuesday and some diplomats left in protest over an address by Iran's justice minister to the rights council, despite facing Swiss and EU sanctions over rights violations. Alireza Avaie took the podium at the Human Rights Council, slamming "appalling deficiencies" there and in other UN rights mechanisms, and accusing Washington and ...
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