Special forces members engaged in extrajudicial killings and then altered crime scenes to make it look as if the victims had been resisting arrest, United Nations investigators said.
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U.N. Expert Calls for International Investigation Into Khashoggi Killing
Agnes Callamard, the United Nations expert on extrajudicial killings, excoriated the world body for its “paralysis” in the killing of a journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, by Saudi agents in Istanbul.
U.N. Panel Urges Investigation Into Israeli Shootings at Gaza Border a Year Ago
The commission’s report, disputed by Israel, says Israeli soldiers may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity when they fired on Palestinian protesters last March.
U.S. Steps Up Criticism of China for Detentions in Xinjiang
Western governments, academic experts and human rights supporters challenged Beijing over its mass detention of Muslims in China’s western region.
Saudi Arabia Rebuked for First Time by Fellow Members of U.N. Rights Council
The kingdom has a seat on the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, where three dozen nations rebuked it for human rights abuses for the first time on Thursday.
U.N. Rights Chief, Denouncing ‘Gross Inequalities,’ Jabs at China and Israel
Michelle Bachelet cited Beijing’s treatment of ethnic Uighurs and the blockade of Gaza as examples of harsh injustice across the world.
Oil Companies May Be Complicit in Atrocities in South Sudan, U.N. Panel Says
Despite a peace agreement, war crimes continue, including mass rape and forcible displacement of thousands of people, a rights commission reported.
Rights Groups Seek U.N. Inquiry Into China’s Mass Detention of Muslims
The organizations, citing reports of widespread abuses in western China, presented the issue as a test of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s credibility.
U.N. Execution Expert to Lead Khashoggi Inquiry
A United Nations expert told Reuters she will travel to Turkey to head an international inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
An Emboldened China No Longer Cares What Its Critics Think
International criticism once acted as a restraint on China’s crackdowns against dissent at home. Not anymore.