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'Dismal' human rights situation in Belarus unchanged after election, UN expert warns

New York, Feb 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations-appointed monitor of the human rights situation in Belarus warned on Wednesday that opposition leaders, activists, journalists, and many other citizens have been subjected to harassment, administrative procedures and fines since the country's October presidential election. more

Seasoned official appointed to coordinate UN efforts to curb sexual abuse by peacekeepers

New York, Feb 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Facing a series of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday named Jane Holl Lute, an Amer ...

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor petitions online to repeal IPC 377

New Delhi, Feb 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Congress Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, Shashi Tharoor, has begun an online petition on change.org in the backdrop of a recent Supreme Court move ...

New stamps promoting LGBT equality worldwide unveiled at UN

New York, Feb 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) on Thursday unveiled a set of six commemorative stamps to promote UN Free & Equal – a global UN camp ...

UN emergency fund allocates $8 million to assist vulnerable women and children in DPR Korea

New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has released eight million dollars from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for severely underf ...

Citing 'new agenda for humanity,' UN deputy chief urges bold action on humanitarian funding

New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Maintaining the United Nations momentum towards the first-everWorld Humanitarian Summit – set for 23 and 24 May in Istanbul, Turkey – Deputy Secret ...

At Cambridge, Ban says universality of human rights is key to preventing crises of 21st century

New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Warning of “a strong sense that that we are off track and in a deep mess,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on the ...

Senior UN humanitarian official deeply concerned at Israel’s administrative detention practices

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A senior United Nations humanitarian official on Tuesday voiced deep concern at the administrative detention of more than 525 Palestinians in Israeli ...

Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh: Human Rights Watch

New York, Jan 27 (JEN) Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh in 2015, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016.

JNU resarch scholar threatens suicide demanding resumption of grants

New Delhi, Jan 27 (JEN) At a time when Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula's tragic death has ignited a widespread agitation over alleged caste discrimination, a Dalit student of JNU ha ...