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UN chief meets Xi Jinping, says he expects China to allow credible visit o
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 6 (ANI): The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 2022 Winter Olympics and expressed his expectation that the contacts between the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Chinese
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UN rights office concerned about disappearance of six people in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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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'Urgent, renewed effort' needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar: UN ri
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 29 (ANI): UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday appealed international community to intensify pressure on Myanmar's military to stop its campaign of violence against citizens, and to insist on the prompt return to civilian rule, almost one year after
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China agrees to Xinjiang visit by UN rights chief in first half of 2022: R
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 28 (ANI): China has agreed to let the United Nation's human rights chief visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the conclusion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, media reports said.
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Taliban trying to 'erase' women from public life, say UN experts
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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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UN rights office urges Vietnam to release jailed activists
Updated : 4 years, 2 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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Venezuela violated jurist's rights, says UN Human Rights Committee
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Venezuela violated a jurist's right to be tried by an independent tribunal and his right to the presumption of innocence, the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday.
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UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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US, allies criticise Afghan Taliban for killing of ex-security personnel,
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): Condemning the Afghan Taliban over the alleged summary killings of dozens of former security forces personnel and enforced disappearances, the US and Western countries joined hands, expressing deep concerns over instances of serious human rights abuses
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UNHRC calls for humanitarian aid for 3.5 million Afghans to avoid starvati
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 4 (ANI): UN Human Rights Council has appealed to increase humanitarian support to 3.5 million people including 700,000 from 2021 alone who were displaced due to the conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations body said in a statement.
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Iran: Execution of juvenile offender 'deeply alarming and shocking', says
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Ahamdis' persecution intensifying since Imran Khan govt came to power: Ahm
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): Highlighting the state-sponsored persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat wrote to the President of the UN Human Rights Council, informing that Imran Khan-led government have banned over 20 websites affiliated with the Ahmadiyya Mus
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