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UN rights chief condemns killings of peaceful protesters in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI): At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the October 25 military coup, 15 of whom were reportedly shot dead on Wednesday, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.
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UK envoy extends greetings on Guru Nanak Jayanti
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis on Friday extended greetings on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, which marks the birth anniversary of the first Guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev.
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Ethiopia: Mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 17 (ANI): Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and elsewhere, the UN rights office said on Tuesday.
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Maldives: New Indian High Commissioner presents credentials to President I
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], November 17 (ANI): The newly appointed High Commissioner of India to the Maldives, Munu Mahawar, presented his credentials to its President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Wednesda
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Sri Lankan dancer Vajira Chitrasena conferred with Padma Shri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 17 (ANI): The High Commissioner India in Sri Lanka awarded Padma Shri to dancer Vajira Chitrasena in the presence of Sri Lanka Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday.
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UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people of Tigrayan origin in Ethiopia and called on the country's authorities to respect human rights.
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Ganga Connect exhibition in UK invites Indian diaspora to restore, conserv
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Cardiff [UK], November 14 (ANI): After a successful debut at COP-26, Glasgow, the Ganga Connect exhibition was inaugurated at Cardiff University on Friday by Rt. Hon. Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales and Gaitri Issar Kumar, Indian High Commissioner to the UK.
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Conviction of US journalist symbolic of media repression in Myanmar: UN ri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have been jailed for practising their profession.
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Dozens of illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 65 illegal migrants were rescued at sea and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
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Afghan refugees protest outside UNHCR building in Indonesia over delay in
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Jakarta [Indonesia], November 7 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees continued to sit in protest outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) building in Indonesia over delay in processing their asylum applications.
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End war now before it's too late for Ethiopians, says UN rights chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI): All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region's catastrophic humanitarian situation "over the edge", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, sa
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357 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN refugee agency
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that 357 illegal immigrants were rescued and returned to Libya.
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