Baloch Human Rights Council calls for UN intervention

A delegation of the Baloch Human Rights Council submitted two separate petitions addressed to the UN...

UN rights chief condemns Russia's "senseless" war in Ukraine

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has condemned Russia's "senseless" invasion of Ukraine...

20 people publicly flogged in Afghanistan

The lashings allegedly took place at the sports stadium in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of southern...

UN rights chief alarmed at conduct of Myanmar military courts

At least seven university students were sentenced to death by a military court on 30 November, the Office of the...

Iran is in a "full-fledged human rights crisis," says Turk

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Volker Turk on Thursday said that a "full-fledged"...

United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses

The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report...

UN urges Musk to ensure human rights are central to Twitter

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk on Saturday issued an open letter to the new CEO of...

50 UN member states condemn Xinjiang rights abuses in China

The UN members state that the release of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

UN raises alarm over sentencing of minors in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, October 12 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday raised alarm over the sentencing...

Pakistani Minister uses state media to fuel enmity: Report

Geneva [Switzerland], September 27 (ANI): A Federal Minister and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Mian...

Volker Turk appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

New York [US], September 9 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed on Thursday Volker...

China's angry defense of its "serious human rights violations"

Hong Kong, September 6 (ANI): The Chinese government reacted furiously to the release of a report by the United...