Foreign Ministry says Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk is biased, recycles 'baseless and outrageous libels'; study comes weeks after Amnesty makes similar claims

According to report presented to Human Rights Council, more than 80 death sentences were over drug offenses

Ukrainian envoy says vote shows Putin 'isolated on a global level' after only Eritrea joins Russia in opposing investigation

Statement signed by 175 parliamentarians says continued support to Cairo, reluctance to speak up against abuses has only deepened authorities' 'sense of impunity'

Former senior United Nations officials and Nobel prize winners call for investigation into killings of some 30,000 detainees, with Iranian president among alleged perpetrators

Damascus's representative blames 'foreign occupation 'and 'armed terrorist groups' for its inability to protect human rights

United Nations General Assembly approves budget for investigation set up after Gaza conflict in May; envoy Gilad Erdan calls commission 'despicable and biased'

Envoy says report by UNHRC belongs in 'the dustbin of antisemitism,' notes Israel has been targeted in 95 resolutions compared to 142 against all other countries combined

Michèle Taylor, also a former member of the US Holocaust Museum Memorial Council, currently serves on the board of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Ambassador says Washington will continue to oppose Human Rights Council's singular focus on Jewish state; panel panned for giving spots to abusive regimes like Eritrea, UAE