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Conviction of US journalist symbolic of media repression in Myanmar: UN ri
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have been jailed for practising their profession.
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End war now before it's too late for Ethiopians, says UN rights chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI): All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region's catastrophic humanitarian situation "over the edge", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, sa
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10 terrorists killed, 5 injured in Afghan Air Force's airstrike in Kandaha
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Ten terrorists were killed and five other suffered injuries as Afghan Air Force's airstrike targeted the Taliban's gathering in Kandahar city on Tuesday night, the country's defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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183 killed, 1,181 injured in Afghanistan since July 9, says UN body
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 10 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday informed that over 180 people have been killed while more than 1,180 have been wounded in four Afghan cities alone since July 9 as Taliban offensives have escalated.
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UN rights chief calls for release of detained protesters in Cuba
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 16 (ANI): Amid the reports of detention of protesters in Cuba, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called for the release of all those who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, or freedom of ex
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UN rights chief warns Myanmar at risk of civil war as despair rises
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 8 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has warned that Myanmar could plunge into war as despair among the civilian population rises in the wake of the country's military coup on February 1.
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UN rights chief seeks 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang this year
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that she hopes to agree on terms with China for a visit this year to Xinjiang province, to look into reports of serious abuse against Uyghurs.
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Closely monitoring 'chilling impact' of National Security Law on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that the United Nations is closely monitoring the impact that National Security Law had on the civic and democratic space of Hong Kong.
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Israeli strikes in West Bank may be defined as war crimes if found discrim
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed on Thursday concerns over Israeli rocket attacks in the West Bank and noted that this could be defined as war crimes if found discriminate and disproportionate.
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Over 200 people killed in Myanmar since Feb 1 coup: UN Rights Chief
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], March 18 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar with the military using deadly violence against anti-coup protesters, over 200 people have been killed since the takeover on February 1, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to CNN.
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Am concerned about Uyghurs Muslims in China, says UN High Commissioner for
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in her inaugural statement at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday, raised concerns over rights violations in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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France demands free entry of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Xinj
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 22 (ANI): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has demanded free entry of international independent observers and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to China's western province of Xinjiang, home to about one million Uighurs.
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