Fleeing Syrian Armenians Find Surer Path to Freedom

Ethnic Armenians fleeing Syria are finding safe routes to their ancestral homeland where they are welcomed, resettled and provided citizenship in a few months. Their journey is in sharp contrast to the plight of millions of other Syrian refugees who endure difficulties being resettled in foreign lands after perilous journeys, mainly to Greece and Turkey. “Armenia is home to all people of Armenian background,” said civic activist Ara Sisserian, who lives in Armenian capital Yerevan and...

Read complete article

~	UN rights experts urge Iran to immediately release British-Iranian citizen after fresh charges

~	In Blaustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a threat in today's world

~	In Blaustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a threat in today's world

~	In Balustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a threat in today's world

~	Strong civil society can push back against 'major attack' on human rights, says senior UN rights official

~	In Balustein lecture, UN rights chief rebukes notion that multilateralism is a 'threat' in today's world

~	Iran: UN rights experts urge country to halt imminent execution of juvenile Amirhossein Pourjafar

~	UN rights experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile Amirhossein Pourjafar

~	General Assembly elects new members to UN Human Rights Council

~	UN General Assembly elects new members to the Human Rights Council