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India slams UN Special Rapporteur's comments on Kashmir ahead of G20 meet
Updated : 3 years ago IST
India's mission to United Nations slammed Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues over the comment on G20 meet in Srinagar and called it "baseless and unwanted."
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Attack on Journalists in Afghanistan blow to freedom of expression: Richar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett described the attack on Journalists in Mazar-e-Sharif province as a blow to the freedom of expression in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. Richard Bennett said he is closely monitoring the att
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Hong Kong security law in line with int's practice of safeguarding securit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong. October 13 (ANI): After United Nations' special rapporteurs chided the Hong Kong national security law, the city's government on Wednesday said that enactment of the law is in line with the international practice of safeguarding national security and sovereignty of each country.
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UN special rapporteur presents report on Khashoggi murder, calls for inter
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 27 (ANI): United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, who presented her special report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, called for an international investigation into the alleged killing, adding that the
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UN investigation blames Saudi Arabia for 'extrajudicial killing' of Jamal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 19 (ANI): An independent investigation led by a United Nations special rapporteur has held Saudi Arabia responsible for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's "extrajudicial killing" under the international law.
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UN human rights expert alarmed by India's move to deport Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 3 (ANI): United Nations' Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, has expressed concerns over Indian Government's plan to deport seven Rohingya men to Myanmar, saying their forcible return could constitute refoulement which vi
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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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Centre deplores UN Rapporteur's comments on Mahatma Gandhi, sanitation pro
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday deplored the insensitivity towards Mahatma Gandhi shown by Leo Heller, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
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UN accuses Saudi Arabia of using terror law for violating free speech
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.N.], May 5 (ANI): United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights Ben Emmerson has accused Saudi Arabia for suppressing free expression and failing to carry out independent inquiries into its Yemen bombing campaign.
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UN calls on Pakistan locate and return four disappeared social media campa
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan.13 (ANI): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression, David Kaye, has called on authorities in Pakistan to locate, protect and return home four disappeared human rights and social media campaigners on priority.
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