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London: British foreign office minister Nigel Adams has said there is credible evidence of forced labour among Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region.  more
UN rights experts ‘deeply troubled’ by impunity for killing of Palestinian children

New York: UN independent human rights experts, on Thursday, called for an impartial and independent investigation into the killing of a 15-year-old child by Israeli security forces at a W ...

Integral to societies, migrants are central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres

New York: The UN marks International Migrants Day on Friday, highlighting their essential contribution to societies everywhere, and underlining migrants' central role in recovery from ...

1971 war crimes: Pakistan should apologize to Bangladeshis

A reference to the Hamood ur Rehman Commission Report on 1971 genocide establishes the fact that Pakistan should immediately apologise to Bangladeshi people for the war crimes.

Tigray crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority, UNICEF says

New York: Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said ...

Slavery will never be history as long as we turn a blind eye to China: Noted columnist warns

A noted journalist feels that slavery will never be history as long as the world turns a blind eye to China.

Ethiopia: UN refugee agency calls for ‘unfettered access’ to Tigray

New York: Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for “unfettered access to Tigray in order to reach people ...

Yemen: Food insecurity a ‘ticking timebomb’, warn aid agencies

New York: UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Friday for war-torn Yemen, warning that time is running out to avoid famine in the country. Out of two million children who need treatme ...

Pakistan underage marriage case: Court orders Christian girl Arzoo’s purported husband be tried for rape

Islamabad: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday invoked offence of rape against the Pakistani man who is a key suspect in the case connected to the underage marriage of Christian girl Arzoo ...

China: Big data program targets Xinjiang’s Muslims

A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, US-based Human Rights Watch said recently.