Wednesday, 08 July_The Russian Foreign Ministry says the US should mind its own business after Washington's diplomatic mission expressed concern about media freedom in Russia.
TEHRAN, August 21 -With Britain’s deadline to leave the EU approaching, come October 31st, one of the most contentious issues surrounding a possible no-deal Brexit, which seems a likely scenario under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is the issue of freedom of movement for EU citizens living in the UK.
TEHRAN, Jul 20 - China has blasted as "hideous and hypocritical" the United States' interference in its internal affairs in the name of " freedom of religious thoughts," calling on Washington to respect facts instead of vilifying Beijing's human rights record.
TEHRAN, Jun 4 - The lawyer for a Lebanese man held in Iran since 2015 over espionage charges said that his client will be released in the “next few days.”
TEHRAN, Apr 30 -A US government commission has called Saudi Arabia — a close ally of Washington — one of the world’s “worst violators” of religious freedom , citing the Riyadh regime’s discrimination against Shia minorities, non-Muslims, women and prisoners of conscience.
TEHRAN, Apr 20 - A new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says the United Kingdom continues to be one of the worst-performing countries when it comes to allowing press freedom , saying that government often tramples on rights of journalists by using national security concerns as a pretext to silence dissident voices.
TEHRAN, Feb 19 - Head of Iran’s State Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures Organization said 22,700 Iranian prisoners have been released under recent clemency granted by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law were released from prison Wednesday after a court suspended their sentences and granted them bail pending their appeals hearings.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Egypt’s government of mounting a crackdown on freedom of expression that had turned the country into an “open-air prison” for critics.
TEHRAN, August 28 - Brazil's Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said on Monday.
TEHRAN, July 29 -The Palestinian people are determined to continue the fight for their freedom and dignity, which have been threatened by Israeli occupation, says a commentator.
TEHRAN, July 18 -Activists from around the world have gathered in the Italian city of Palermo and are engaged in the final stages of preparations for this year's Palestine Freedom Flotilla campaign, Press TV reports.
TEHRAN, October 7 - US President Donald Trump says his country has no intention to lift economic sanctions against Cuba unless Cuban people are given what he called “full political freedom ."
TEHRAN, July 8, YJC - An American human rights organization has called on the US State Department to pressure Bahrain to immediately and unconditionally release prominent human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who has been kept behind bars over his criticism of the ruling Al Khalifah regime and the Wahhabi ideology.