UAE highlights its humanitarian role, health response on COVID-19

The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and international organisations in Geneva,...

"Afghanistan remains one of world's worst humanitarian disasters"

The organization in a statement said two-thirds of Afghanistan's population is food insecure, including 875,000...

NHRC issues notice to TN govt over deaths in hooch tragedy

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government over the death of 20 people...

Campaign for Uyghurs appreciates Antony Blinken

"CFU greatly appreciates @SecBlinken for acknowledging the work we have been doing to expose #China's war on Islam...

China: Uyghurs face police investigation for possession of Quran

Even owning a copy of the Quran can result in a police probe against the person, according to the 50,000...

Situation of women, girls in Pakistan is critical: Report

In the southern province of Sindh, which is home to nearly 90 per cent of the Hindu minority group, forced...

HRCP expresses "deeply concerned" over random arrests of PTI work

Imran Khan's political outfit, PTI, saw arrests of over 564 workers for violence after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

UAE presents labour market legislations to Human Rights Council

Several UAE federal and local government entities as well as civil society organisations constituted the delegation...

Iran keeps constructive interaction with UN despite US pressures

Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, has said that despite political pressure from the...

US raises concern over human rights, press freedom in Pakistan

"The United States wants to see the upholding of the democratic principles and law in Pakistan," Vedant Patel...

Police used excessive force against Imran Khan's supporters: HRW

Khan's supporters around the country have used rocks, Molotov cocktails, and in a few cases, assault rifles, to...

Afghanistan's plight worries UN

Worsening human rights, in particular women's and girls' rights, poverty, hunger, terrorism and the spread of drug...