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UKPNP urges UN to act against Pak for human rights violations in PoK, Gilg
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 3 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Wednesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to initiate action to make Pakistan accountable for human rights violations in Gilgit-Baltistan, and PoK.
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'UN report on PoK is highly dubious'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 02 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' report on the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is "highly dubious" as it has failed to address the deplorable human rights situation in the region despite having all "invaluable insights", a researcher at an
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Sindhis call on UN to send fact finding team to Sindh, seek UN interventio
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], March 30 (ANI): The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), which represents the interest of the Sindhi People, has formally asked the United Nations to send a fact-finding team to Pakistan to investigate the ongoing human rights violations in Sindh province of Pakistan and to clear the
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Jamal Khashoggi murder: Saudi's secretive trial violates human rights law,
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], Mar 29 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's secretive hearing for 11 suspects accused in the murder of Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's is the "violations of human rights law", said a United Nations human rights expert on Thursday (local time).
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Pakistan criticised at UNHRC for its duplicity on Kashmir
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 13 (ANI): Kashmiri political activists and intellectuals have strongly criticised Pakistan for its duplicity on Kashmir during the 40th Session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here on Tuesday.
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To protect terrorists, Pakistan willing to use even N-weapons; This should
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva, Mar 11 (ANI) In an effort to protect terrorists on its soil, Pakistan is willing to bring the world to the brink of a war and even resort to the use of nuclear weapons, which should "horrify all of us", a researcher at an Amsterdam-based European foundation told the United Nations
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EU reprimands Saudi Arabia over human rights at UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): As many as 36 countries, including all 28 members of the European Union (EU), signed a statement condemning Saudi Arabia's human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Khashoggi murder case trial 'not sufficient': UNHRC
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 4 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has denied evaluating the ongoing trial of slain Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called it to be insufficient.
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TDH & RMI multi- stakeholder intervention in India gets UN Recognition
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (NewsVoir): Working in collaboration, Terre des Hommes (TDH) and the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) were judged at the 2018 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights to have developed the most innovative and inspiring solutions to take the UN Guiding P
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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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Uyghurs, Tibetans jointly hold anti-China protest rally outside UN
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov 6 (ANI): A large number of exiled Uyghurs and Tibetans living in Europe on Tuesday carried out a massive anti-China protest rally here. They shouted slogans and labeled China a "terrorist nation".
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UNHRC win a reflection of India's position in comity of nations: Akbaruddi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): After India was elected to the United Nations' top human rights body on Friday, India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin said that the achievement is a reflection of India's position in the comity of nation.
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