New York, Nov 1 (JEN): Two of the surviving former leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime charged with mass killings during the 1970’s requested to be acquitted Thursday, as closing a ...

New York, Oct 31 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency defending press freedom Wednesday denounced the murder of Honduran cameraman Manuel Murillo Varela, who was found shot dead la ...

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): Human rights defenders who oppose large-scale development projects are increasingly being branded as ‘anti-government’ or ‘enemies of the State,’ a United Nat ...

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom Tuesday denounced the murder of Somali television journalist Mohamed Mohamud, who was gunne ...

New York, Oct 30 (JEN): Members of the United Nations-appointed inquiry into human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday reiterated that they are n ...

New York, Oct 26 (JEN): Expressing concern about the potential for illegal use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, two United Nations human rights experts Friday called on States t ...

New York, Oct 25 (JEN): Victims of the violent post-election crisis that gripped Côte d’Ivoire two years ago must not be forgotten, an independent United Nations human rights expert stres ...

New York, Oct 25 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom Thursday denounced the murder of radio manager Cláudio Moleiro de Souza in northern Brazil ...

New York, Oct 25 (JEN): Human rights reform must be a central aspect of the new Iranian Government’s agenda, an independent United Nations expert stressed Thursday, highlighting a number o ...