World in 'new dark age' of abuse: UN rights expert

Ben Saul, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, said the war in the Middle East would not improve global security. "We have entered a new dark age of abuses in the name of countering terrorism," he told a press conference in Geneva. "Recently, it has excused naked aggression and renewed imperialism against Iran and Venezuela, raining death and violating the right to life and making the world less safe." On February 28...