Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the United Nations on Monday to do more to tackle human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and other countries. The body slammed Saudi Arabia for the execution of 81 prisoners last week on charges of terrorism in its largest-ever mass execution. It also accused Riyadh of “arm twisting” members of the HRC into terminating the mandate of an independent body looking into human rights violations in Yemen, where tens of thousands have died. HRW said that Cairo’s arbitrary detention of thousands of political prisoners also needs investigating and that Egy…

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