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Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
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UN experts call for urgent protection of Journalists at risk of persecutio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called on all countries to provide urgent protection to Afghan journalists and media workers who fear for their lives and face persecution in the war-torn country.
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UN experts concerned over "intimidation and unlawful detention" of Gujjar,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): UN human rights experts have expressed concerns over the "intimidation and unlawful detention" of close to 100,000 people living alon wto of Karachi's narrow watercourses- the Gujjar nullah and the Orangi nullah.
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UN human rights experts call for Pakistan to halt mass evictions in Karach
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along the two narrow watercourses in Karachi -- the Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah.
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UN rights experts 'extremely alarmed' by forced organ harvesting of minori
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sounded alarm over the reports of alleged 'organ harvesting' that is targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, who are currently in detention in China
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UN experts call for evacuating Russian activist Navalny over heath concern
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical "evacuation" from Russia, Office of the United Nations High Comm
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UN experts demand 'concrete information' about Dubai princess
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 20 (ANI): UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide meaningful information on the fate of Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa Mohammed Al Maktoum, as well as assurances of her safety and well-being, without
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Uyghur body backs US human rights report on 'genocide' in China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU), a US-based rights group, has lauded the US after the Chinese Communist Party's genocide and crimes against humanity were highlighted in the newly released State Department report on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
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UN calls for unhindered access to Xinjiang over China's gross human rights
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 30 (ANI): The United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concerns over the continuous crackdowns on the Uyghur community residing in Xinjiang, calling for unhindered access to the country to conduct fact-finding missions and urging global and domes
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UN experts disturbed by deluge of criminal cases against Thai monarchy cri
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A panel of UN human rights experts said on Monday they were alarmed by the increasingly severe use of an archaic law punishing insults to Thailand's royal family.
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UN human right experts call for inclusion of migrants in COVID-19 recovery
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Governments across the world should include all migrants and their families in national COVID-19 response and recovery plans, a group of human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement.
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UN experts raise concerns over scourge of enforced disappearances and tort
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into suc
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