New York: Ecuador must implement and enforce laws and policies to protect the rights of Afro-Ecuadorians, the UN Working Group on People of African Descent said on Monday, calling for an ...
Islamabad: A Pakistan court on Saturday sentenced Junaid Hafeez, a former university lecturer, to death on blasphemy charges.
Washington: The United States has re-designated Pakistan and China, among several nations, as countries of particular concern on religious freedom where persecution continues on the basis ...
Baghdad/Xinhua: The casualty toll in protests since early October in Iraq has risen to 485 dead and some 27,000 wounded, an official from the human rights watchdog said on Friday.
New York: The humanitarian situation facing civilians in many parts of Syria is “worse than when the year began”, the UN deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security ...
New York: “Concrete steps” must be taken towards ending impunity for atrocity crimes in Darfur, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Coun ...
New York: The first-ever Global Refugee Forum concluded in Geneva on Wednesday with more than 770 pledges of support, covering areas such as protection, employment, and education, for ref ...
Moscow/Sputnik: Nearly 500,000 Syrian refugees and 1.3 million internally displaced Syrians have returned home over the past one and a half year due to the assistance of the Russian Defen ...
New York: Extending the deadline for the establishment of a unity government in South Sudan has helped maintain a ceasefire but also disillusioned many citizens, the Security Counci ...
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