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UN Human Rights Chief to visit Bangladesh from August 14-17
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 12 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh Sunday, 14 August, upon the invitation of the Government, the UN Office of the high commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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UN rights chief expresses alarm at killing of Palestinian children
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): Almost 40 Palestinian children have been killed so far this year in the occupied territories and in many incidents in Palestine by Israeli forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
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China invites Turkey to visit Xinjiang after Bachelet's failed investigati
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): Two months after the UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet visited Xinjiang in China with reports that Bachelet's visit was tampered with and that she was not allowed to speak on detainment of Uyghurs, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is now inviting Turkey
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Uyghur rights groups urge UN member states to appoint credible, impartial
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], July 28 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress along with other human rights groups urged the UN member states to give the position of the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to someone who will be a credible, impartial and courageous champion of human rights around the world.
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China denies attempts to supress UN report on Xinjiang rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): China has strongly responded to reports that it is trying to suppress the UN report detailing the human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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UN rights chief calls for 'transparent' probe into deaths during Uzbekista
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 6 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.
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UN rights chief's first visit to China seems to be 'wasted historic opport
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 27 (ANI): The recent visit of the UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to China could be a golden chance to investigate the human rights situation in areas like Xinjiang and Tibet and to hold Beijing accountable for its abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans, but it seems tha
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Chinese propaganda at UNHRC and Michelle Bachelet's embarrassing trip to X
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In a series of events in the last one month, China has managed to fool the international community, and specifically the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
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Afghanistan facing 'the darkest moments' in a generation
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 16 (ANI): The UN rights chief has raised concerns about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, stating that its people are experiencing some of "the darkest moments" in a generation.
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47 countries voice concern over China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): Forty-seven countries voiced concern about abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region, and demanded that the United Nations rights chief publish a long-delayed report on Uyghurs' repression.
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UN rights chief not to seek second term after criticism over China visit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding her recent China visit, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has decided not to seek another term after the present term was marred by criticism of her response to Beijing's alleged rights vi
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Rights groups call for sacking of Bachelet after sham China visit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 9 (ANI): As many as 230 human rights advocacy groups have called for the immediate resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after she "whitewashed" the Chinese government's human rights atrocities during her recent visit to China.
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