Human Rights

“[It] is a complete distortion of facts to accuse China of suppressing foreign media and denying US journalists visa.”

“Never forget the story of Abdiweli Abdulkadir. He was just 16 and vilified in the press as a pirate. His only crime was taking up arms and defending his seas from Foreign vessels and trawlers looting Somali waters.”

“I sincerely appreciate and place high value on our journalists who have made great efforts to overcome obstacles and dangers in fulfilling their duties to actively broadcast and publish news on what is really happening in the country.”

“You know, the average of mosques, if you have to calculate it all, it’s something like 2,000 inhabitants for one mosque. This ratio we don’t have it in our country. It’s not available anywhere.”

"In fact, Ottoman Armenians lost their lives under the harsh conditions of the First World War, which is when relocation took place. Other Ottoman citizens also died because of epidemics and migrations, as well as acts of sedition spearheaded by gangs and armed groups ...”

“Regardless of whatever rhetoric is used to obscure these sanctions, the step is actually aimed at worsening the material well-being of Belarusian citizens and reducing the economic potential of our country – one of the pillars of Belarus' independence.”

“ ‘Now you can return home to sunny Syria, your homeland needs you’ is a phrase spread widely on billboards in streets of Copenhagen, the Danish capital, in a campaign that confirms the fact that Syria became safe after most of its territories have been liberated from terrorism.”

“Navalny has been treated in the hospital, which lies not so far from the place where he is serving his sentence, and, as I understand he does not complain anymore about his pains.”

“[A]mong the so-called 380 ‘detention facilities’, 343 locations (90%) are regular schools, government agencies and institutions, hospitals, residences, shops, etc.”

“Damascus says the U.S. is fully responsible for the adverse outcome of its criminal policies against Syria, calling on Washington to … compensate for the losses the nation has suffered as a result of the American military aggression and troop deployment.”

"It’s certainly hard to imagine someone spreading fake news about the death of a child."

“We in Russia must not allow, will not allow any aggressive, disrespectful demonstration of one's ethnicity towards the representatives of any nationality, nor will we allow any foreign conflicts of this kind ... ”