New York, Jun 10 (JEN): Set up in October 2013 with assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Rana Plaza Coordination Committee has announced that it met its $30 milli ...

New Delhi, June 8 (JEN) In another controversy over Greenpeace India, the NGO has alleged that one of its international staff members has been refused entry into India despite having a vali ...

New York, Jun 6 (JEN): The arbitrary and unlawful arrest and prosecution of journalists and activists in Iran weakens the protection of human rights of all in Iran, a United Nations expert s ...

New York, Jun 4 (JEN): Appalled at the two-year prison sentence handed down to U Htin Lin Oo on charges of insulting religion, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ...

New York, Jun 3 (JEN): Somalia must put in place a legal framework that guarantees freedom of expression in the country, as well as a moratorium on capital punishment, a United Nations indep ...

New York, Jun 3 (JEN): United Nations Special Rapporteur Michel Forst on Tuesday criticized the “relentless prosecution and repression of prominent rights activists in Azerbaijan” and ca ...

New York, Jun 2 (JEN): Serious human rights violations and abuses persist in eastern Ukraine, including shelling, executions, arbitrary and illegal detentions, torture, ill-treatment, human ...

New York, Jun 2 (JEN): While some progress has been made since the first study four years ago spotlighting discrimination and violence against people based on their sexual orientation and ge ...

New York, May 30 (JEN): Welcoming Nebraska as the nineteenth state in the United States to abolish the death penalty, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today ur ...