UN experts urge China for 'full access' amid human rights concerns

Jun 11, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 : Ahead of the Human Rights Council meeting, a group of UN experts have urged the Chinese government to cooperate...

Human Rights Watch calls on UN, World Bank to address Afghanistan's crumbling economy

Nov 11, 2021

New York [US], November 11 : Human Rights Watch called on UN and World Bank to address Afghanistan's collapsed economy and broken banking system...

Baloch Human Rights Council calls for UN intervention in Balochistan

Mar 15, 2023

A delegation of the Baloch Human Rights Council submitted two separate petitions addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN High Commissioner...

UN rights chief Bachelet decries Taliban's decision to dissolve Human Rights Commission

May 20, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet condemned Taliban's decision to dissolve the Human Rights Commission and expressed...

UN rights body launches Iran human rights probe

Nov 25, 2022

The Council, meeting in a special session in response to the crisis that was sparked by the death in September in police custody of...

Uyghur rights groups urge UN member states to appoint credible, impartial UN rights chief

Jul 28, 2022

Munich [Germany], July 28 : World Uyghur Congress along with other human rights groups urged the UN member states to give the position of...