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UN experts concerned over "intimidation and unlawful detention" of Gujjar,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): UN human rights experts have expressed concerns over the "intimidation and unlawful detention" of close to 100,000 people living alon wto of Karachi's narrow watercourses- the Gujjar nullah and the Orangi nullah.
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UN human rights experts call for Pakistan to halt mass evictions in Karach
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along the two narrow watercourses in Karachi -- the Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah.
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UN rights experts 'extremely alarmed' by forced organ harvesting of minori
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sounded alarm over the reports of alleged 'organ harvesting' that is targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, who are currently in detention in China
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UN experts call for evacuating Russian activist Navalny over heath concern
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical "evacuation" from Russia, Office of the United Nations High Comm
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UN experts demand 'concrete information' about Dubai princess
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 20 (ANI): UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide meaningful information on the fate of Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa Mohammed Al Maktoum, as well as assurances of her safety and well-being, without
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Uyghur body backs US human rights report on 'genocide' in China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU), a US-based rights group, has lauded the US after the Chinese Communist Party's genocide and crimes against humanity were highlighted in the newly released State Department report on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
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UN experts disturbed by deluge of criminal cases against Thai monarchy cri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): A panel of UN human rights experts said on Monday they were alarmed by the increasingly severe use of an archaic law punishing insults to Thailand's royal family.
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UN experts raise concerns over scourge of enforced disappearances and tort
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into suc
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UN experts: Pakistan must end enforced disappearance of human rights defen
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 (ANI): UN human rights experts today called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
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UN experts write to China on Panchen Lama, reincarnation rules, ICT welcom
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 5 (ANI): Five UN human rights experts and expert bodies have raised concerns with the Chinese government about Tibet's "disappeared" Panchen Lama and Beijing's reincarnation rules, citing fears about Chinese interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama.
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UN experts appalled by enforced disappearance of Pak activist Idris Khatta
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): UN human rights experts have condemned the enforced disappearance of Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender, calling it an "intolerable attack" on his legitimate work against a range of human rights and minority violations in the Khyber Pakhtunkh
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UN experts call for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in C
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): Independent experts from the United Nations have called for decisive measures to protect fundamental freedoms in China as they raised deep concerns over treatment of Uighur Muslim minority in Xinjiang and said the impending national security law concernin
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