GENEVA, March 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The world has entered a "new dark age of abuses", with the United States "raining death" on Iran and Venezuela, a UN special rapporteur said Thursday. "We have entered a new dark age of abuses in the name of countering terrorism," he told a press conference in Geneva. "But the more the international community remains silent... the more it emboldens bullies like the United States and Israel." Saul wants countries to urgently adopt an international definition of terrorism to protect human rights from terrorism and excessive state responses to it. He said vague and overbroad definitions had led to countless rights violations, with the abuse of counter-terror laws becoming the tool of choice to suppress critics.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 13, 2026 04:44 UTC