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UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people of Tigrayan origin in Ethiopia and called on the country's authorities to respect human rights.
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Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disabil
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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Senior UN Human Rights official to visit Mali from Nov 1-6
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris will pay a six-day working visit to Mali starting November 1 to address the human rights situation in the Western African nation and the whole Sahel region, dogged by insecurity, the O
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US returns to UN Human Rights Council, Blinken says United States will adv
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday welcomed the return of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council, after leaving it in 2018 under then-President Trump.
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Bangladeshi diaspora holds anti-Pakistan protest in Geneva, demands apolog
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 1 (ANI): Demanding an apology from Islamabad for the '1971 Bangladesh genocide', members of the Bangladeshi diaspora living in Europe held an anti-Pakistan protest on Thursday on the sidelines of the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Activist urges world to support Afghan women as situation deteriorates aft
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 1 (ANI): Amid the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are facing an unfriendly situation in Afghanistan.
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China slammed during UN Rights Council session over restrictions in Tibet
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): China has been chided during the 48th UN Human Rights Council session for its rights record in Tibet with delegates from the US, Denmark, Germany, and European Union expressing concerns over severe restrictions on religious, linguistic and cultural t
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Geneva: PoK activists demand Pakistan to dismantle terror camps in occupie
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan held a series of protests outside the offices of the UN Human Rights Council to demand the dismantling of terror camps and stop the exploitation of natural resources and la
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UN rights chief expresses concern over civilian casualties in Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 15 (ANI): UN Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday said that she is worried about reports of civilian casualties and human rights violations in Afghanistan's Panjshir province.
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Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI): UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored "multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law" committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray.
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UN experts call for urgent protection of Journalists at risk of persecutio
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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We hope Afghanistan's territory is not used by LeT, JeM, other terror grou
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 24 (ANI): Noting that stability in Afghanistan is essential for peace and security in the region, India on Tuesday hoped that territory of the country is not used by terrorist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to threaten any othe
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