Rights

Bangladesh: Sedition charge against Priya Saha dismissed

Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Sunday rejected a sedition case filed against Bangladeshi national Priya Saha for making remarks on religious persecution in her country during her meeting with US President Donald Trump. more

Bangladesh: RAB arrests 13 alleged human traffickers including 2 Rohingya women

Dhaka: Bangladesh's RAB officials have arrested 13 people for their alleged role in trafficking people to Malaysia and the Middle East, media reports said on Saturday.

Politicization of migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary making them scapegoats, independent UN human rights expert warns

New York, July 18 (JEN): Expressing deep concern over how migration and migrants themselves are being politicized and scapegoated in Hungary, an independent United Nations human rights ex ...

ICJ rules in favour of India in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

The Hague: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in favour of India as it passed its verdict in the case related to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death ...

25 years after population conference, women still face challenges to ‘well-being and human rights’, says UN chief

New York, July 17 (JEN): Many women and girls “still face enormous challenges to their health, well-being and human rights”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a H ...

UN agency helps stranded Ethiopians return home, ending ‘harrowing migration ordeal’

New York, July 17 (IBNS): With the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), some 280 Ethiopians returned home on 10-11 July, after being facing traumatic experiences ...

‘Severe’ new US asylum restrictions will put vulnerable families at risk, UN refugee agency says

New York, July 17 (JEN): Deeply concerned about the new rule barring from asylum the majority of people crossing the southern land border of the United States, the UN refugee agency, UNHC ...

Human cost of Ukraine conflict is growing, Security Council told

New York, July 17 (JEN): The human cost of the conflict in Ukraine is growing, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, during a briefing on the current situation in t ...

‘No hope’ global development goals can be achieved without women, says UN Assembly President

New York, July 16 (JEN): Without the full participation and leadership of women, “we have no hope” of realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the President of t ...

UN Human Rights Council stands firm on LGBTI violence, Syria detainees and Philippines ‘war on drugs’

New York, July 13 (JEN): The 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council ended on Friday with measures taken to address worrying developments in Eritrea, Syria and the Philipp ...