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"Vocational training" programmes in China threaten Tibetan identity, carry
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been 'transferred' from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice their participation has reportedly been coerced," the UN experts said.
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Denial of women's right to education in Afghanistan not justifiable, says
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The continued "denial of girls and young women's right to school in Afghanistan marks a global low in education, harming an entire gender, a generation, and the future of the country," TOLOnews reported citing the statement made by the UN experts.
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China denies UN experts' claim of forcibly separating Tibetan children fro
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China has come under huge attack from UN experts for its alleged move to forcibly assimilate the Tibetan identity into the Han culture. This has come even as China faces a tough time in denying the truth on human rights violations of Uyghurs, Muslim ethnic groups living in the north-western
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Tibetans welcome UN probes into China's colonial boarding schools in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
These UN experts raised serious concerns over China's vast network of colonial boarding schools in Tibet while also asking several questions to China about its "policy of acculturation and assimilation of the Tibetan culture.
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Alarm raised over religious conversions of underage girls in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Noting Pakistan's previous attempts to pass legislation prohibiting forced conversions and protecting religious minorities, the UN experts deplored the lack of access to justice for victims and their families.
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Pakistan: UN experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, forced
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"We urge the Pakistan Government to take immediate steps to prevent and thoroughly investigate these acts objectively and in line with domestic legislation and international human rights commitments. Perpetrators must be held fully accountable," the experts said over the spike in the number
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Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting Minister of Economy issued a letter barring women from working in international and national NGOs, a further violation of women's rights with the double blow of preventing the deli
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UN expert on Myanmar says UNSC resolution not strong enough on 'gross righ
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In response to the adoption of the Security Council's first resolution on Myanmar since the military unleashed a brutal crackdown nearly two years ago, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Thursday that the "carnage" would only worsen without "strong, coordinated action"
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Afghanistan: UN experts call on Taliban to immediately halt public floggin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments.
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UN experts call for investigation into suppression of women's rights in Af
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
UN experts have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution as the situation of women in Afghanistan has been deteriorating with every passing day due to Taliban's suppression of basic rights of Afghan women.
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Iran: UN experts demand accountability for Mahsa Amini's death
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 22 (ANI): UN experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran's strict rules on women's dress by wearing an "improper hijab".
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China must address human rights violations, world must not turn a blind ey
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 7 (ANI): Independent UN experts said on Wednesday that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should not, be ignored by the in
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