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Uyghur rights groups urge UN member states to appoint credible, impartial
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], July 28 (ANI): World Uyghur Congress along with other human rights groups urged the UN member states to give the position of the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to someone who will be a credible, impartial and courageous champion of human rights around the world.
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China circulates letter urging Bachelet to bury report on human rights vio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 20 (ANI): China circulated a letter urging UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to bury a report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to UK-based media.
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UNHRC calls for restraint ahead of Sri Lanka protest
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 9 (ANI): Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Sri Lankan authorities to show restraint in the policing of assemblies and ensure every necessary effort to prevent violence.
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UN rights chief calls for 'transparent' probe into deaths during Uzbekista
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 6 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 18 people during clashes at protests in the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan last Friday.
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Chinese propaganda at UNHRC and Michelle Bachelet's embarrassing trip to X
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In a series of events in the last one month, China has managed to fool the international community, and specifically the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
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UN rights chief not to seek second term after criticism over China visit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding her recent China visit, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has decided not to seek another term after the present term was marred by criticism of her response to Beijing's alleged rights vi
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applica
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community to respond positively to their asylum applications.
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Rights groups call for sacking of Bachelet after sham China visit
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 9 (ANI): As many as 230 human rights advocacy groups have called for the immediate resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after she "whitewashed" the Chinese government's human rights atrocities during her recent visit to China.
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Looks like UN is in bed with communist China: Rights group on Bachelet's C
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): Pro Uyghur groups are calling for the resignation of the UN rights chief, stating that she failed to denounce the repression of Uyghurs, during her six-days trip to China.
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UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinji
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's 6-day official visit, said the United Kingdom government on Monday, adding that its failure to grant such access only serves to hi
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US slams China for 'restricting, manipulating' UN human rights chief's vis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed concern over Beijing's efforts to restrict and manipulate the visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her team to China that "did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the human
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Rights group let down after Bachelet hands out 'political victory' to Chin
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has expressed disappointment with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, saying this trip has given a "political victory" to the Communist regime.
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