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China slams UN report on Xinjiang and calls it 'farce'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China on Thursday slammed the UN human rights office over a report that found Beijing's crackdown on ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and called the finding a "farce".
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UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tw
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents.
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Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 3 (ANI): Journalists in Cambodia are increasingly being subjected to various forms of harassment and pressure, as well as violence, a report published by the UN Human Rights Office said on Wednesday, amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in
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Malaysia government agrees to abolish mandatory death penalty
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 10 (ANI): Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and agreed on a substitute sentence that will be imposed at the discretion of the courts.
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UN welcomes Zambia's pledge to abolish death penalty
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Zambia's plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday in welcoming the decision.
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UN Syria Commission of Inquiry requests Security Council to extend aid to
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 27 (ANI): As Syria is experiencing its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since the start of the conflict, the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry has warned the Security Council that it would be a failure of the highest order if the aid is not extended to millions o
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UN rights office concerned over Sri Lanka's deepening economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 6 (ANI): The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern over the deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka and urged the government to defuse tensions peacefully.
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UN says it has credible reports of Russian use of cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 12 (ANI): The UN human rights office has said that it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, adding that indiscriminate use of such weapons might amount to war crimes.
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UN rights office concerned about disappearance of six people in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], February 1 (ANI): The UN Human Rights Office expressed concern over the abduction of six individuals earlier this month in the Afghan capital city of Kabul following recent women's rights protests.
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UN rights office urges Vietnam to release jailed activists
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI): Authorities in Vietnam must immediately release four activists jailed this week for spreading anti-State propaganda, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
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UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], December 16 (ANI): Colombia must urgently reform how it polices protests in the wake of demonstrations earlier this year in which several people were killed or injured, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday.
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Iran: Execution of juvenile offender 'deeply alarming and shocking', says
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 25 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday condemned Iran's execution of a young man who was a minor at the time he was charged with committing a crime.
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