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Israel freezes ties with UN Rights Chief
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Feb 13 (ANI): Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (local time) announced that the country is freezing ties with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights after the OHCHR published a blacklist of companies cooperating with Jewish settlements in t
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Amazon fires: UN rights chief calls on Amazonian countries to implement lo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 9 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on the South American countries of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil to ensure the implementation of longstanding environmental policies to prevent future tragedies of the scale of recen
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Deeply concerned over lockdown in Kashmir: UN rights chief Bachelet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 9 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday said that she was "deeply concerned" over the "impact of recent actions" by the Indian government on the "human rights of Kashmiris" including the detention of political leaders
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'All-out assault on democracy' in Maldives: UN Rights Chief
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 07 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday said the declaration of a state of emergency in the Maldives "is an all-out assault on democracy."
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UN rights chief urges Iran to defuse tension
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 3 (ANI): United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Iranian authorities to handle the wave of protests that have taken place around the country with great care so as not to further inflame violence and unrest.
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UN rights chief says Trump, other populist politicians follow Islamic Stat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 6 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein in a scathing attack on populist politicians, including United States Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Dutch leader Geert Wilders, said that they had similarities to the ideology espoused by th
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