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New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The top United Nations human rights official expressed concern today over the extremely high number of arbitrary arrests and short-term detentions of individuals, including human rights defenders and dissidents, in Cuba in recent weeks. more
Viet Nam: UN rights office alarmed at series of attacks against human rights defenders

New York, Dec 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Alarmed by the recent spate of violent attacks on human rights defenders in Viet Nam, the United Nations rights agency today expressed concern at the ...

Fundamental freedoms inalienable and inherent – now and always: UN

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Marking this year’s Human Rights Day amid extraordinary global challenges, the United Nations is calling on the world to recognize and guarantee fu ...

UN human rights chief hails end of death penalty in Mongolia

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Hailing Mongolia’s recent abolition of the death penalty, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, commended ...

UN rights chief calls for DPR Korea to be referred to International Criminal Court

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The top United Nations human rights official on Thursday called on the Security Council to refer the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to ...

Anti-Corruption Day: UN says ending corrosive crime can boost sustainable development

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): To mark International Anti-Corruption Day, the United Nations is calling for people to join a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about what Secret ...

UN champions prevention as best hope for eliminating violence against women

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On a December evening in 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was beaten and brutally raped by five men and a youth on board an off-duty bus in ...

Finland: Ban urges dialogue to prevent polarization, racism against asylum-seekers

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Finland's membership to the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the country on its lea ...

Latin America faces task to reverse racial discrimination: UN rights chief

New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, saying he was struck by the “enormity of the task” over the next d ...

Ensuring fundamental freedoms vital to peaceful elections in Venezuela: UN experts

New York, Dec 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Voicing concerns over deteriorating restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Venezuela, United Nations human rights experts ...