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| U.N. slams Iran, Syria over rights record |
| 2014-11-20 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The U.N. human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... committee adopted on Tuesday two resolutions strongly condemning Iran and Syria's human rights record, Al Arabiya News Channel's correspondent reported. The non-binding measures now go to the full Assembly for a vote expected next month. More than 120 member-states voted in favor of a resolution condemning "the grave deterioration of the human right situation" in Syria, with a mere 13 states rejecting and 47 abstentions, the correspondent reported. As to Iran's rights record, 78 countries endorsed the resolution, 35 voted against while 69 abstained. Syria's Ambassador Bashar Jaafari criticized the resolution as biased and politically-motivated, Agence La Belle France-Presse reported. "They align themselves against Syria as long as Saudi oil runs through their veins," he said. The resolution condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria's nearly four-year war and deplored the use of torture in detention centers throughout the country. |
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