The U.S. Supreme Court is set this week to hear a closely watched case testing the TEHRAN, April 16, YJC - limits of religious rights, and new Justice Neil Gorsuch's judicial record indicates he could tip the court toward siding with a church challenging Missouri's ban on state funding of religious entities.
TEHRAN, April 14, YJC - A panel of UN human rights experts has blasted Turkey for violating people’s rights to work and education through dismissals made possible under a state of emergency declared following last year’s failed military coup.
Tehran, YJC. Iran’s human rights chief says extensive efforts to improve the country’s human rights situation have been challenged by politically-motivated meddlesome policies.
Tehran, YJC. Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Staff Mohammad Javad Larijani in a live interview on national TV on Sunday evening said there are a number of problems with the way the UN rapporteur covers Iran’s human rights issues.
Tehran, YJC. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called on the international community to pay due attention to terrorists’ violence against women, especially in Iraq and Syria.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the report published by the United Nations on the human rights situation in Iran was “politically motivated”.
Tehran, YJC. A number of Shiite clerics have stated that cruelty to animals is religiously condemnable, urging action against entities that disregard animal rights.
TEHRAN, YJC. 7 years ago the 17-year-old Balal was ruled guilty for the murder of a friend. On Tuesday the victim's family forgave Balal just as he was about to be executed. The victim's father, a football instructor, says he wants to build a football school with the compensation they are going to receive as an alternative to retribution by kind.