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Khashoggi's killing: UN probe wraps up in Turkey
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 3 (ANI): The United Nation's (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnes Callamard, has wrapped up investigations into deceased scribe Jamal Khashoggi's death in Turkey.
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UN Envoy gets no reply from Saudi Consulate on journalist Khashoggi's kill
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, who will be conducting an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Sunday, said that she has not yet received any reply fr
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Khashoggi killing: UN official expected to visit Turkey for international
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 25 (ANI): The UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, is expected to visit Turkey on January 28 for an international probe into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
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UN human rights expert alarmed by India's move to deport Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 3 (ANI): United Nations' Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, has expressed concerns over Indian Government's plan to deport seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, saying their forcible return could constitute refoulement which vi
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UNHRC Special Rapporteur's report links inflammatory remarks by BJP leader
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): E. Tendayi Achiume, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, in her report on 'Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia', has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India has been linked to
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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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Centre deplores UN Rapporteur's comments on Mahatma Gandhi, sanitation pro
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday deplored the insensitivity towards Mahatma Gandhi shown by Leo Heller, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
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UN accuses Saudi Arabia of using terror law for violating free speech
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.N.], May 5 (ANI): United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights Ben Emmerson has accused Saudi Arabia for suppressing free expression and failing to carry out independent inquiries into its Yemen bombing campaign.
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EU might change its economic policies if Pak's attitude remains uncha
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): With the Baloch political and human rights activists demanding a special rapporteur in the UN to investigate Baloch human rights violation, scores of Baloch nationals staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva today against Pakista
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Baloch is graver issue than Rohingya Muslims: Activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 13 (ANI): As the Baloch political and human rights activists have demanded a special rapporteur in the United Nations to probe gross human rights violations in Pakistan's Balochistan province, Baloch activist Ahmar Mastikhan has stressed that Balochistan is a
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Balochistan demands appointment of UN special rapporteur to look into huma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar. 10 (ANI): Baloch political activists and human rights defenders raised the situation of deteriorating human rights in Balochistan and condemned the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at a side event during the 34th Session of UN Human Rights Council here.
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UN rights expert warns about possible reprisals in Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 25 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has warned about possible reprisals against the people she met during her recent visit to Myanmar from January 9 to 21.
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