MEA rebukes OHCHR interference regarding legal action against Teesta Setalvad as 'unwarranted'

Jun 29, 2022

New Delhi [India], June 29 : Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday rebuked the UN Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) for Human...

UN rights office urges Vietnam to release jailed activists

Dec 17, 2021

New York [US], December 18 : Authorities in Vietnam must immediately release four activists jailed this week for spreading anti-State propaganda, the UN human...

UN rights office concerned over Sri Lanka's deepening economic crisis

Apr 06, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], April 6 : The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed concern over the deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka and...

UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting

Aug 20, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], August 20 : The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a...

United Nations criticises China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang

Nov 09, 2022

The presentation, "The situation of Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang," comes after the report issued by the Office of the United...

UN raises alarm over 'continuing' expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya

Dec 11, 2021

Washington [US], December 11 : Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of the United...