March in Taipei on March 5 to show solidarity with Tibetans

The march held annually in early March since 2004, was originally intended to commemorate those who died during a...

US blacklists 37 Chinese, Pakistani firms

The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 37 entities to its blacklist for...

Pro-Tibet rally to be held in Taiwan on March 5

Pro-Tibet and human rights groups are going to hold a march in Taiwan's Taipei on Sunday to show their solidarity...

Belarusian court sentences Nobel laureate to 10 yrs in prison

Bialiatski was detained in August 2011 and sentenced in November to 4.5 years in a maximum security penal colony for...

Blinken discusses democracy, human rights with Argentine FM

"Good conversation with Argentine Foreign Minister@SantiagoCafiero at the G20 this afternoon. We spoke about the...

Religious minorities face problems in obtaining national ID card

The findings of the study were discussed at the Access to Justice Conference organised by the Legal Aid Society, in...

UN expresses concerns over existing restrictions on Afghan women

President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, Hala Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri, at the UN Human Rights Council, said Saudi...

World must display zero tolerance to terrorism: EAM to UNHCR

In a video message to the High-level segment of the 52nd Human Rights Council, External Affairs Minister S...

China comes under UN scrutiny over Tibetan's human rights issues

The Chinese state has made intense efforts to subjugate Tibet and its people. The latest in this series is the...

No room for human rights in Wang Yi's Italy visit

Wang Yi, a Chinese diplomat and politician, met with Antonio Tajani, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in...

Xi Jinping using education for cultural genocide in Tibet

A press statement Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) released on 6 February in Geneva has come out with...

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...