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PoJK, Gilgit-Baltistan activists highlight Pakistan's human rights violati
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan raised concerns over worsening human rights violations in their regions during a side event held on the sidelines of the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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China's pressure on French museums sparks UN warning over Tibet's 'erasure
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights has raised serious concerns over the erasure of the word Tibet from French museum collections, cautioning that the replacement with Beijing-endorsed terms such as "Xizang" and "Himalayan World" undermines Tibetans' cultural heritage an
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Pakistan's track record of human rights violations exposed at UNHRC
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Josh Bowes, an international geopolitical researcher, highlighted concerns over the human rights violations taking place in Pakistan and the ongoing crisis in Balochistan, at the 34th Meeting of the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Bangladesh rights group expresses dismay over Yunus's denial of minority p
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Parishad highlighted that the UN Fact-Finding Mission Report dated February 12, 2025, also documented the persecution of minorities, including the Hindu community, that has been ongoing since August 5, 2024, and which "continues sporadically and in isolated incidents across the country."
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UN Chief pledges full support for Bangladesh's democratic transition
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
He made the remarks during a meeting with Bangladesh's Chief Adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday.
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JSMM Issues urgent international appeal over 65% pension cuts in Sindh
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
JSMM has appealed to the UN and global leaders over a 65% pension cut in Sindh, calling it economic persecution of retirees. The group demands full pension restoration, relief aid, and accountability, warning of international protests if their demands are ignored.
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Netanyahu meets with US influencers in New York
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the Israeli Consulate in New York after his speech at the UN General Assembly with US influencers and supporters of Israel, and spoke with them about the challenges in the new era, the outreach efforts, and the effects of social media on the discours
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G4 Foreign Ministers discuss UNSC reforms, need for greater global represe
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Foreign Ministers of G4 countries (India, Brazil, Germany and Japan), met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to discuss the prospects for reforms of the UN Security Council, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) shared in an official statement on Satu
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Abdullah bin Zayed urges urgent end to Gaza war in meeting with Israeli Pr
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, on the sidelines of the ongoing 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80) in New York.
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Netanyahu at UNGA hails Israel-US strikes on Iran, calls for snapback sanc
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the UNGA that Israeli and US forces crippled Iran's military in a June war, praised US President Trump's "decisive action," and urged the UN Security Council to reinstate snapback sanctions, warning Iran's enriched uranium stockpile "must be eliminated."
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Bangladesh minorities face growing persecution, GHRD alerts UN Human Rig
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN-EU Human Rights Officer, Charlotte Zehrer from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), in her oral intervention, has drawn international attention to the precarious conditions faced by ethnic and religious minorities
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China pushes ahead on climate, defying Trump's "con job" remark with 7-10%
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A day after US President Donald Trump called the climate science at the United Nations General Assembly the "greatest con job ever", Chinese President Xi Jinping announced ambitious new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at the UN Climate Summit, committing to a 7 per cent to 10 per
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