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Pakistan: Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement appeals to UN for immediate release of
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a letter penned to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the PTM has "strongly condemned the abortive assassination attempt by the Pakistan Army and subsequent illegal arrest of PTM Leader, well-known human rights activist Manzoor Pashteen, by joint ISI-Police operation in Chaman dis
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UN Human Rights Chief urges states to defuse "powder keg" situation in Isr
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday issued an urgent plea to all states with influence to take steps to defuse the "powder keg" situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). He stressed that international humanitarian law and international human
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UN Rights Chief condemns Israel for ordering "full siege" on Gaza, urges d
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have condemned the decision of Israel to order a "full siege" of Gaza, and also pleaded with "states with influence" to defuse the situation, Al Jazeera reported.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for "immediate stop" to violen
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Expressing 'deep concerns' over Hamas attacks on Israel, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called for an "immediate stop" to the ongoing violence in Israel
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Israel searching for survivors as empty migrant boat washes ashore
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Maritime police launched boats and aerial drones searching for survivors. Given the prevailing currents, it’s not certain that any bodies will necessarily wash up.
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Mediterranean has become graveyard of desperate refugees, victims of smugg
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Since 2014 the Mediterranean Sea has become the most dangerous crossing in the world and the graveyard of desperate refugees.
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UN rights body calls for end of hostilities in residential areas of Sudan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday raised concerns over the ongoing violence in Sudan and said that the hostilities should end from the residential areas of Sudan.
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Baloch Human Rights Council calls for UN intervention in Balochistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A delegation of the Baloch Human Rights Council submitted two separate petitions addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calling for the UN's intervention for the worsening human rights situation in Balochistan.
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End destructive policies against Afghan women, UN rights chief urges
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On 24 December, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs, TOLOnews reported. This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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Afghanistan is home to over 70 per cent of world's refugees, displaced peo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Afghans continue to live miserably in their country and have been bearing the brunt of human rights violations since the Taliban took control in August last year.
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UN rights body raises alarm over sentencing of minors in Hong Kong
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 12 (ANI): The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday raised alarm over the sentencing of another five people, including four minors, under the National Security Law in Hong Kong.
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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel wins UN refugee agency prize
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced on Tuesday that former German chancellor Angela Merkel will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for "political courage" and decisive action taken during her tenure to protect people forced to flee.
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