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UN experts raise concern over condition of Afghan nationals in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN experts highlighted the alarming risk of human rights violations against Afghan nationals in Pakistan and urged for their protection, Khaama Press reported.
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Taliban must immediately release women human rights defenders, say UN expe
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A month after their arrest, Neda Parwan and Zholia Parsi and their family members have yet to be charged with a crime or brought before a court. They have not been granted access to legal representation.
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UN experts deplore attacks on Israel, urge international community to addr
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
UN independent experts unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and a further tightening of the unlawful blockade, which will have devastating impacts on the whole civilia
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UN experts decry Iran's proposed hijab law, says it could mount to 'gender
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A potential draft legislation in Iran that would cement harsh sanctions for women and girls who do not wear a headscarf might amount to 'gender apartheid' in the country, the UN experts in a statement issued on Friday, according to CNN.
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UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A group of UN-appointed ten Special Rapporteurs, including Richard Bennett and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, called on the Taliban to end "brutal and undignified" forms of punishment, including stoning, flogging, and burying people under walls.
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Taliban ruling through extreme forms of misogyny, say UN experts
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
This came following UN experts eight-day visit to Afghanistan. UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett was also a part of the visit.
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"Vocational training" programmes in China threaten Tibetan identity, carry
Updated : 2 years, 10 months 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 : 2 years, 12 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 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 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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