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UN experts accuse China of systematic forced labour targeting Uyghurs, Tib
Updated : 4 months ago IST
UN human rights experts warned that China is using widespread forced labour programmes targeting Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz minorities and Tibetans. They said labour transfers and relocations involve coercion, surveillance and threats, and may amount to crimes against humanity.
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UN slams China and Vietnam over the Tibetan Lama's mysterious death
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
UN human rights experts have asked China and Vietnam to explain the arrest, disappearance, and suspicious death of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche in Ho Chi Minh City, warning that both governments may have violated international human rights laws, according to Phayul.
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UN experts urge Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations, warn of rights viola
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to immediately stop the mass deportation and forced return of Afghan nationals, warning of serious rights violations amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. They called on Islamabad to uphold international obligations and protect vulnerabl
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UN human rights experts urge China to address human rights violations in T
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sent a letter to the Chinese government, expressing serious concerns about ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet and East Turkestan, as reported by Tibet.net.
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UN Special Rapporteur urges release of Chinese human rights defender Guo F
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Guo Feixiong is unjustly imprisoned, and he is in a critical state of health," said Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. "UN human rights experts have sent 10 urgent letters to authorities about his situation since 2006. He must be released immediat
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Rights experts condemn repeated use of emergency in Sri Lanka to crack dow
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts on Monday (local time) condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since April 2, 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crack down on peaceful protesters and prevent them from voicing their griev
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Sri Lanka: UN experts sound alarm on economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Greater support must be given to Sri Lanka as the country faces economic crisis and political turmoil, a group of UN human rights experts stated in an appeal to the international community.
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UN human rights experts urge US to ease freeze on Afghanistan assets
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, independent UN human rights experts on Monday called for the United States to end its freeze on Afghanistan's foreign assets.
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Sri Lanka: UN experts condemn crackdown on protests
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): UN human rights experts have urged the Sri Lankan Government to guarantee the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly and of expression during peaceful protests, amid the country's severe economic crisis.
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Taliban trying to 'erase' women from public life, say UN experts
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 18 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts warned on Monday that that large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing since the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan in mid-August in order to "
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Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disabil
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 9 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts appealed on Monday for Singapore to halt the execution of a Malaysian man who has intellectual disabilities.
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UN experts call for urgent protection of Journalists at risk of persecutio
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called on all countries to provide urgent protection to Afghan journalists and media workers who fear for their lives and face persecution in the war-torn country.
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