New York, Mar 12 (JEN): Senior United Nations official Ivan Šimonovic is meeting with local authorities in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday to discuss human rights-related measures that can be ...
New York, Mar 8 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief on Friday voiced concern at the increasing restrictions on civil and political rights in Burundi, following a series of violent a ...
New York, Mar 8 (JEN): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed serious concern on Friday over the conviction of Malaysian opposition leader, Kar ...
New York, Feb 28 (JEN): The establishment of a special Tribunal to prosecute crimes of slavery in Mauritania bring the country one step closer to effectively ending the practice of slavery, ...
New York, Feb 22 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office on Friday urged the Iranian Government to immediately halt executions, after voicing deep concern about reports that 80, and p ...
New York, Feb 22 (JEN): A new United Nations report released on Friday outlines the human rights abuses committed by both sides in the conflict that erupted in South Sudan at the end of last ...
New York, Feb 21 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Thursday denounced the killing of Ukrainian journalist Vyacheslav Veremyi and called for ...
New York, Feb 20 (JEN): The independent United Nations expert tasked with monitoring the human rights situation in Myanmar on Wednesday welcomed the improvements that have been made, but hig ...
New York, Feb 19 (JEN): Libya’s new law could place undue restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion, the United Nations human rights office on Tuesday warned while also expressing ...
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