New York: Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities,” the UN chief said on Fr ...
Beijing: Two Chinese human rights lawyers, who have been held for several years, might soon face trial, media reports said on Friday.
New York: Every year, one in six people aged 60 years and older experience some form of abuse – a trend that is expected to continue with rapid population ageing in many countries, ...
Geneva: As many as 47 countries have voiced concern about China's Uyghur repression and Beijing's abuses in the country’s far-western Xinjiang region.
Kuwait (JEN): A Kuwaiti court has recently sentenced a local activist to five years in prison over "insulting" tweets about Saudi Arabia, which has been widely condemned by glob ...
New York: The widespread exploitation of men, women, and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been uncovered by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Malawian P ...
New York: Dozens of independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged the Chinese Government to “cooperate fully” with the UN human rights system over abuse allegations, and ...
New Delhi: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to three foreign fighters in Ukraine by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People&rsqu ...
New York: For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen’s conflict-affected Ma’rib gover ...
- Côte d'Ivoire welcomes families home, as refugee status formally ends
- Sexual violence in conflict ‘terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities’
- Veteran Chinese human rights lawyers to face trial soon
- New UN guide aims to tackle growing problem of elder abuse
- 47 nations voice concern over Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang