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Forced separations and language policies for Uyghur and other minority Muslim children at State-run boarding schools in China’s Xinjiang region carry the risk of forced assimilation, three UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday. more
Engagement key to reform of Taliban decrees restricting women’s rights

The international community must continue to engage with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan despite deep disagreement with their approach to women’s rights and inclusive governance, the ...

UN rights expert calls on Algeria to pardon convicted protesters

The Algerian Government must pay urgent attention to the pattern of legal restrictions and prosecutions of individuals and associations in the North African country, a UN-appointed indepe ...

UNHCR increasingly concerned for refugees fleeing Karabakh region

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number of civilians to Armenia as a result of the recent hostilities in the region.

Rahile Dawut: Uyghur scholar sentenced to life in prison in China for ' endangering state security'

Chinese authorities have jailed a prominent Uyghur academic for "endangering state security", media reports said.

Afghanistan consul general in Karachi alleges Pakistani police are continuing to detain refugees

Afghanistan's consul general in Karachi has alleged that hundreds of Afghan refugees have been detained in Pakistan in the past 15 years.

Ukraine conflict: Report claims rape and torture by Russian forces continuing

Russian forces in Ukraine faced new allegations of war crimes on Monday as UN-appointed independent rights experts published the findings of their latest report into Russia’s full-s ...

New York: Student for Free Tibet members protest against Chinese VP Han Zheng at UN headquarters

Activist group Student for Free Tibet (SFT), a prominent Tibetan student organization, recently demonstrated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City when Chinese Vice Pre ...

Funding woes continue to plague UN Palestine refugee agency

The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees across the Middle East, UNRWA, on Thursday appealed for consistent and sustainable financing to keep its operations running and a ...

UN report says Taliban rulers of Afghanistan committed 1600 cases of human rights violations in past 19 months

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released a report that said it has documented over 1600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan’s Taliban auth ...