#Venezuela | At the United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk expresses deep concern about the human rights impact of intensifying US military pressure, reiterates call to #UnitedStates to use "well-established law-enforcement methods" to counter illicit drug trafficking. | UN Human Rights Council

#Iran | United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk called on Iranian authorities to end their brutal repression. "The only way out of this frightening escalation is through dialogue based on the human rights of all Iranians," he told the United Nations Human Rights Council during a special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the country. #SS39 | UN Human Rights Council

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In Geneva, United Nations Human Rights chief briefed a Special Session of the Human Rights Council on #Iran. "The killing on the streets may have subsided, but the brutality continues. The only way out of this frightening escalation is through dialogue based on the human rights of all Iranians," Volker Turk said. https://buff.ly/YVaDGGV | UN Geneva