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UN decries "transnational repression" as 40 Uyghurs vanish after forced re
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
UN experts are decrying the disappearance of 40 Uyghur men forcibly returned to China from Thailand a year ago. Held for a decade before deportation, their fate remains unknown. The UN warns this reflects a pattern of transnational repression and urges China to provide information and legal
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Rights groups urge UN High Commissioner Volker Turk to address alleged Chi
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs and rights groups urged UN High Commissioner Volker Turk to address alleged crimes against humanity by China in his upcoming UNHRC speech. They cited ongoing abuses, lack of updates since the OHCHR report, and recent Hong Kong cases, calling for accountability and transp
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UN expert criticises Bushra Bibi Khan's detention conditions in Pakistan
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bushra Bibi Khan, the wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, is detained in circumstances that could pose a serious risk to her physical and mental integrity, a UN expert warned, urging authorities to take immediate steps to address the situation, a press release by the Offic
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Alleged nuclear tunnels in Sindh mountains prompt calls for international
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
In a formal letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the groups claimed that multiple underground tunnels and chamber systems had
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CFU marks third anniversary of UN Uyghur rights report, urges action again
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to CFU, the 2022 OHCHR report was the first by a UN body to acknowledge that the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) actions in East Turkistan may amount to international crimes, including crimes against humanity.
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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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OHCHR to set up office in Bangladesh, MOU signed
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Government of Bangladesh has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to establish a mission in the country aimed at supporting the promotion and protection of human rights, the Chief Adviser's
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UN raises concerns over judicial independence after dismissal of two SC ju
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated in a press release on Monday, "The dismissal by the Maldives Parliament of two Supreme Court justices raises serious concerns about respect for the independence of the judiciary."
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Former Tibetan political prisoner leads advocacy at Geneva Summit, urges U
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Namkyi, a former Tibetan political prisoner, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 9, 2025, to attend the Geneva Summit 2025. A five-day advocacy campaign from February 10 to 14, 2025was launched in advance of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to spread awareness
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UN says extradition of Bangladesh's Ex PM Sheikh Hasina is bilateral issue
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva has launched the "OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh".
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"Siege in Sudan's El Fasher leaves 782 dead, over 1,143 injured," says Uni
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The ongoing siege and hostilities in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur State, have left at least 782 civilians dead and more than 1,143 injured, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report published on Friday.
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World Uyghur Congress urges global action amid ongoing human rights violat
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
WUC's Interim President Erkin Ekrem underscored that October 1 symbolises the loss of freedom for Uyghurs and called for unity against the Chinese government's brutal violations of human rights, which target cultural and religious identities and suppress dissent.
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