'Urgent, renewed effort' needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar: UN rights chief

Jan 29, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], January 29 : UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday appealed international community to intensify pressure on Myanmar's military to stop...

China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN Rights chief

Feb 27, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 : As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian...

Michelle Obama advises Democrats to "go high" in US Elections

Aug 18, 2020

Washington [US], Aug 18 : Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on Monday at the Democratic National Convention said that "Going...

China invites Turkey to visit Xinjiang after Bachelet's failed investigation into Uyghurs' human rights violations

Aug 06, 2022

Beijing [China], August 7 : Two months after the UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet visited Xinjiang in China with reports that Bachelet's visit...

COVID pandemic has fed a frightening rise in inequalities: UN on Human Rights Day

Dec 10, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 : Despite significant progress since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 73 years ago, the COVID...

UK slams China for failure to grant UN official unfettered access to Xinjiang

May 30, 2022

London [UK], May 31 : The Chinese authorities did not provide unfettered access to Xinjiang during UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's...