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Voices of Kashmir's terror victims echo in Geneva; international call for
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At a UNHRC session in Geneva, activists from Jammu and Kashmir highlighted Pakistan's role in cross-border terrorism. Speakers Shenaz Ganai, Vishva Ranjan Pandita, and Harleen Kaur detailed decades of violence, the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, and attacks on Sikhs, while urging global action agai
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UNHRC session hears India's call for stronger global action on Pahalgam ma
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Addressing the 60th session of the UNHRC, Dr Sharma condemned terrorism as a fundamental assault on human dignity and international peace. He invoked the April 22, 2025, attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam, where 26 innocent civilians, including women and children, w
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UN urged to act as invasive alien weeds threaten rural livelihoods and foo
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At the UNHRC session in Geneva, ECO FAWN Society's Sai Sampath Mettu urged urgent global action against invasive alien weeds, warning they threaten crops, ecosystems, and rural livelihoods. He called for funds, monitoring, and a "Decade of Action" to safeguard food security and peasants'
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Geneva: India's Sambhali Trust champions elder rights at UNHRC session
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Bringing voices of dignity and inclusion to the global stage, Sambhali Trust, an Indian NGO, has emphasised the importance of safeguarding the rights of older persons during the ongoing 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Pashtun Activist urges UNHRC to act on Pakistan's rights abuses at 59th Se
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the UNHRC session in Geneva, Pashtun activist Fazal-ur-Rehman Afridi accused Pakistan of serious human rights violations against Pashtuns, including drone strikes, enforced disappearances, and torture. He urged the UN to act and send an investigative commission to address the abuses. Read More
Geneva: UKPNP leaders demand UN action on human rights violations in PoJK,
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) held a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva during the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The protest aimed to spotlight severe human rights abuses in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK
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Sambhali Trust urges global solidarity against terrorism at UNHRC
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Hansraj Singh of Sambhali Trust condemned the Pahalgam terror attack at the UNHRC session in Geneva, calling it a grave rights violation. He urged global unity against terrorism and highlighted India's commitment to peace and solidarity. The session continues until July 9, 2025.
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Tibetans, Chinese activists hold peaceful protest in Geneva amid UNHRC ses
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
On June 16, as the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC 59th Session) began, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (TCSL) organized a peaceful protest in Geneva to draw attention to ongoing state repressions within the People's Republic of China under the Chine
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Geneva: Balochistan human rights crisis raised at UNHRC session
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Niaz Baloch, Coordinator of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) Foreign Department and a Central Committee Member, highlighted the alarming human rights situation in Balochistan during the 58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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Tibetan community protests at UNHRC Session in Geneva, condemns China's hu
Updated : 1 year ago IST
According to the Tibet Bureau in Geneva, the official agency of the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration, the demonstration was aimed at condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet under Chinese rule.
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55th UNHRC Session: UKPNP leader highlights challenges faced by PoK, Gilgi
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Jamil Maqsood, the secretary of foreign affairs for the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) highlighted the challenges faced by the people of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan during the ongoing 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
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Baloch Human Rights Council schedules events on sidelines of 55th UNHRC se
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Khurshid Ahmed, the information secretary of the BHRC, stated in a press statement, "The BHRC will organize and participate in various events to highlight the grave situation in Balochistan, where Pakistani security agencies are perpetrating gross human rights violations with impunity. Durin
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