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UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinji
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 31 (ANI): The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's 6-day official visit, said the United Kingdom government on Monday, adding that its failure to grant such access only serves to hi
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Human Rights Groups demand resignation of UN rights chief, term her China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): A Human Rights group has demanded the resignation of the United Nations High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet stating that she insulted the Uyghur victims of genocide and failed her duty as High Commissioner.
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Uyghur activists protest in US, urge UN to act on genocide by China
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Activists advocating the protection of rights of the Uyghur community held a demonstration in front of Capitol Hill in Washington, US on Sunday (local time) and urged the UN to act on the 'Uyghur Genocide' being carried out by China.
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UN envoy arrives in Yemen's Aden to discuss lifting siege on Taiz
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Aden [Yemen], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Sunday arrived in the southern port city of Aden to hold meetings with the country's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) over the reopening of blocked roads to the strategic southwestern province of Taiz.
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UN official calls for end to state of emergency in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Volker Perthes called on Sunday for ending the state of emergency in Sudan and finding a way out of the current political crisis.
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Bangladesh observes international day of UN peacekeepers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 29 (ANI): Bangladesh observed the International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers on Sunday, according to media reports.
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Int'l Day of UN Peacekeepers: Jaishankar remembers those who made supreme
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): On the occasion of International Day of UN Peacekeepers, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar paid tribute to the dedication and courage of all the men and women serving in UN peacekeeping operations, and honoured the memory of those who have lost the
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US slams China for 'restricting, manipulating' UN human rights chief's vis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed concern over Beijing's efforts to restrict and manipulate the visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and her team to China that "did not enable a complete and independent assessment of the human
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Rights group let down after Bachelet hands out 'political victory' to Chin
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 29 (ANI): The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has expressed disappointment with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, saying this trip has given a "political victory" to the Communist regime.
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UNHCR expands operations in Poland to reach refugees from Ukraine amid ris
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], May 29 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to scale up its operations in Poland to provide aid to refugees from Ukraine who have settled across the country.
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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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Pro Uyghur group slams UN rights chief's Xinjiang visit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Munich [Germany], May 29 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has expressed its serious disappointment in the outcomes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet's visit to China, including a trip to Xinjiang.
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