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Sri Lanka seeks India's support ahead of UNHRC session
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 22 (ANI): Sri Lanka has sought India's support ahead of the March session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva during which Colombo's record in human rights and related accountability will be probed.
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China, Russia pull out from UNHRC resolution on Myanmar
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 13 (ANI): China and Russia on Friday pulled out from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on the situation in Myanmar following the military coup on February 1, reported NHK World.
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UNHRC adopts resolution calling for release of detained Myanmar political
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], February 13 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday adopted a resolution condemning the military coup in Myanmar and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in the country and the lifting of the state of
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Reversing another Trump withdrawal, US moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Cou
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Three years after former US President Donald Trump's administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, his successor Joe Biden has moved to rejoin the human rights body, marking it as another reversal by Biden of Trump's policies.
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UK, EU call for UN Human Rights Council's special meeting over Myanmar cou
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union have issued a joint call for the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold a special session to discuss the recent military coup in Myanmar, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday.
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Killing of Pakistani dissidents dangerous trend, UNHRC needs to wake up, s
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 26 (ANI): The killing of Pakistani dissidents abroad is a dangerous trend that needs to be stopped and multilateral agencies such as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also need to wake up to the
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Pak presence in rights council 'intolerable': UN-accredited NGO
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's presence in the United Nations Human Rights Council is "intolerable" given its rights record, said Geneva-based NGO UN Watch, adding that religious minorities in the south Asian country suffer from discrimination, sectarian violence and forced co
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Election of countries like China, Pakistan will damage credibility of UNHR
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasglow [Scotland], October 14 (ANI): Slamming countries including Pakistan and China, Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) has said "world's worst human rights abusers" have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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Pakistan a death trap for journalists, human rights defenders,minorities:
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Slamming the "fabricated words" presented by Pakistan, India on Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council highlighted that incessant efforts on its part to malign India in all international forums is not going to change the fact that hundr
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International community must unite to raise voice over Pak atrocities agai
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): A community of European states that are represented at the United Nations must unite to raise their voices against Pakistan atrocities on Baloch people, German activist Madam Claudia Wadlich said on Friday.
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UKPNP chief urges UN rights panel to put pressure on Pakistan to release G
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled Chairman United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri at the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged the council to put pressure on Pakistan for the immediate and unconditional release of all
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