New York, Dec 27 (JEN): Independent United Nations human rights experts on Thursday voiced serious concern about recent lethal drone airstrikes, allegedly conducted by United States forces ...
New York, Dec 25 (JEN): Two United Nations human rights experts Tuesday criticized the British Government’s decision to replace an independent judge-led inquiry into the United Kingdom’ ...
New York, Dec 24 (JEN): A United Nations human rights body voiced grave concern Monday after a court in Russia ordered a non-governmental organization (NGO) that had provided the panel with ...
New York, Dec 21 (JEN): United Nations officials are marking Human Solidarity Day Friday by calling for joint action to reach the globally agreed goals of reducing extreme poverty, hunger, ...
New York, Dec 21 (JEN): The United Nations voiced deep concern Friday about the intimidation and prosecution of individuals in Saudi Arabia for exercising certain fundamental freedoms, noti ...
New York, Dec 21 (JEN): An independent United Nations human rights expert Friday called on the Government of Belize to adopt a comprehensive programme to protect and assist victims of traff ...
New York, Dec 21 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency warned Friday that 2013 is on track for some of the highest levels of forced displacement ever seen, owing to unusually large numbe ...
New York, Dec 20 (JEN): Two days after presenting a new United Nations strategy to prevent genocide and human rights abuses to Member States, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said the ...
New York, Dec 19 (JEN): The recent execution of a senior official in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “is just one among multiple executions” reported in the country s ...
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