UN experts appeal for strong response in wake of executions by Myanmar junta

Jul 25, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], July 25 : The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, and the UN Special Rapporteur...

'International community has betrayed Afghan women': UN special rapporteur

Sep 23, 2023

Amid the worsening women's rights situation in Afghanistan, the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett said that women and girls in Afghanistan have...

Taliban ruling through extreme forms of misogyny, say UN experts

May 06, 2023

This came following UN experts eight-day visit to Afghanistan. UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett was also...

UN Special Rapporteur expresses concern about media restrictions in Afghanistan

May 04, 2024

The United Nations Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has expressed concern about the surge in restrictions on media in Afghanistan,...

Free media in Afghanistan is 'under attack': UN Special Rapporteur

Apr 30, 2022

.Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 : UN Deputy special envoy for Afghanistan criticized the arbitrary detention of journalists and media workers and said that free...

China supplies arms to Myanmar's military junta to kill civilians

Mar 12, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], March 12 : Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur, in his report to the UN Human Rights Council recently identified countries, including...