Tag Archive for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran – Note by the Secretary-General*

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Summary – The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit the fifth report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the General Assembly in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 28/21.

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Ban to Iran: Free the Journalists, Political Prisoners

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 – FP- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has directly appealed to Iran to release the Washington Post’s Iranian-American reporter, Jason Rezaian, and his journalist wife, Yeganeh Salehi, Ban told Foreign Policy in an interview on Friday.

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Rouhani has not increased freedoms in Iran, U.N. chief says

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY – GENEVA Tue Mar 11, 2014 7 (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.

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