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UN panel slams Sri Lanka's slow progress on enforced disappearances
The UNCED report comes a day after the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the Office of the High...
Activist raises issue of racial discrimination prevailing in PoK
29 March 2024 5:30 PM IST"Despite their abilities and achievements, indigenous individuals are barred from promotions to positions such as Chief Secretary, Inspector General...
Pashtuns protest at UNHRC against crackdown on PTM leaders
19 March 2024 5:41 PM ISTThe protest, held during the 55th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), was organised by PTM Europe and joined by many Afghan...
UN: China being grilled on human rights during Universal Periodic...
23 Jan 2024 5:00 PM ISTThis review is a unique opportunity for member states to hold China accountable for its human rights obligations, according to analysts and rights...
UNHRC alarmed over vandalisation of Manipur rights activist’s house
6 Oct 2023 10:29 PM IST“Loitongbam is now outside the country and no one from his family was injured in the attack. There was some damage to his house,” a police officer...
Geneva: Rights advocates call for recognising 1971 Bangladesh genocide...
6 Oct 2023 5:58 PM ISTDiscussing the Genocide of Bengalis in Bangladesh, then known as East Pakistan, in 1971 by the Pakistani Army, the event began with a brief...
Nijjar told Trudeau he was innocent in a 2016 letter: Report
29 Sept 2023 8:43 PM ISTNijjar was accused in a number of cases in India, including murder, terrorist activities and sedition, and his alleged role in killing six people in a...
Restrictions on women and girls should be removed in Afghanistan: UN
19 Jun 2023 10:30 PM ISTEnvoys from different countries spoke about the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan during Monday's assembly.