VICTIM OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE & COLD WAR
UN says secret executions widespread in Iran ...
UN says secret executions widespread in Iran
Report says executions carried out without knowledge or presence of inmates' lawyers or families.
Hundreds of prisoners have been secretly executed in Iran, according to a new UN report which details growing human rights abuses in the Islamic republic.
The report, obtained by the AFP news agency, said 200 officially announced executions had taken place in 2011 with at least 83, including those of three political prisoners, in January alone.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/2011101884258697862.html
Syrian envoy says US waging "diplomatic war" The United States is waging a ...
Syrian envoy says US waging "diplomatic war"
The United States is waging a "diplomatic and humanitarian war" against Syria along with some other UN Security Council members, Syria's UN envoy said on Thursday.