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Geneva: Author highlights '1971 genocide' in Bangladesh by Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Priyajt Debsarkar, an author and geo-political analyst, highlighted the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Kashmiri activist draws attention to plight of minorities in PoK at 54th s
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Kashmiri activist Javed Beigh intervened on behalf of India at the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
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UNHRC urged to protect rights of religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Victims of blasphemy along with other human rights activists urged the United Nations to protect the minorities in Pakistan by bringing urgent reforms.
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Terror victim families in Kashmir valley awaiting justice: Activist Taslee
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A Kashmiri socio-political activist lambasted Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism in India’s Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in her intervention at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Research analyst raises human rights violations in Pakistan at UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Michela Mutovciev, a Research Analyst at Amsterdam-based EFSAS think-tank made her intervention during the Interactive dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday.
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As repression of Afghan women goes on under Taliban, global community urge
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Taliban's continued repression of women in the nation, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, criticised the Taliban's ban on women and girls attending school and called for women in Afghanistan to be given access to educa
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Prosperity has returned to Kashmir: Activist tells UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In her intervention during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the activist from J-K said, "More families are expected to come forward, sharing their experiences as stability and prosperity return to Kashmir."
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China's developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, organised by the Organisation for Poverty Alleviation and Development and European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), experts highlighted the construction of highways, buildings and dams in Gilgit B
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People in PoK oppose digital census in fear of losing identity and demogra
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jamil Maqsood said a large number of people in these occupied regions are opposing the Census as it will diminish their identity and demography of the region.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to represent India in the Universal Periodi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will be heading the Indian delegation to the 41st Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Experts discuss terrorism, effects on human rights in South Asia at UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists discussed the proliferation of terrorist organizations in the region of South Asia during the 51th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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India reiterates end of hostilities in Ukraine, calls for return to diplom
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 23 (ANI): India strongly reiterates the need for an immediate cessation of all hostilities in Ukraine and a return to diplomacy, said envoy to UN in Geneva, Indra Mani Pandey and added that the trajectory of the conflict is a matter of "profound concern."
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