June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016
Dispatches: Ethiopia Ascends to UN Security Council Despite Dismal Rights Record
Credible Investigation Needed Into Deaths of Protesters
![The UN Security Council votes on a resolution at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on March 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/unsc-mar16.jpg?itok=wyQqjdwa)
![2016-6-eca-turkey-ataturk-airport](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2iu22_-_sized.jpg?itok=BvtKp97r)
June 29, 2016
Suspend Saudi Arabia from the UN Human Rights Council
![Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN headquarters in New York on June 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/suspension.jpg?itok=zohQRJfF)
June 29, 2016
UN: Suspend Saudi Arabia from Human Rights Council
‘Gross and Systematic’ Violations in Yemen Threaten Council’s Credibility
![Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN headquarters in New York on June 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/suspension.jpg?itok=zohQRJfF)
June 29, 2016
Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Burundi
Statement delivered under Item 10
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June 29, 2016
Burma: Dismantle Infrastructure of Repression
Repeal or Amend Laws Criminalizing Speech and Assembly
![Police vans bring detained student protesters from the district courthouse to Tharrawaddy prison in Pegu region on October 27, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-06-asia-burma-photo-08.jpg?itok=Xa2dP3xz)
June 28, 2016
UN Human Rights Council: Using Sport and the Olympic Ideal to Promote Human Rights for All, Including Persons with Disabilities
Statement delivered under Item 8
![Iran women FIVB](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtxsqm1.jpg?itok=RcBkDEDt)
June 28, 2016
Watch for Women of Iran
![Women in Iran are prevented from attending men's sports in stadiums](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/iran_watch4women.jpg?itok=77WiyKlJ)
June 28, 2016
UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Central African Republic
Statement delivered under Item 10
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/CAR1Web.jpg?itok=nJhCOuMW)
June 28, 2016
US, France Backed Convicted Chad Dictator
Hissène Habré Received Support Amid Systematic Abuses
![Chadian president Hissène Habré with US president Ronald Reagan at the White House June 1987. Courtesy of Ronal](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-06-us-habre-main_0.jpg?itok=TGEsOngP)
![mena-egypt-rights-defenders2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/capture_0.png?itok=BynFFLtB)