New York, Oct 17 (JEN): United Nations independent experts on Wednesday voiced serious concern over reports that Chinese activists have been intimidated and prevented from taking part in a m ...
New York, Oct 15 (JEN): Although human trafficking is recognized as modern-day slavery, many victims of the scourge in the Greater Mekong Sub-region of South-East Asia are not given adequate ...
New York, Oct 12 (JEN): Welcoming the adoption by the National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia of a law on setting up a national body to prevent torture, the United Nations human rights Offi ...
New York, Oct 12 (JEW): The United Nations human rights Office Friday called on the Iraqi Government to immediately halt all executions immediately following reports that authorities put 42 ...
Geneva, Oct 2 (JEN) Construction of the mega-steel plant by South Korean firm POSCO in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts ...
New Delhi, Sept 27 (JEN) Voters in India now joins the league of 13 other nations in the world to be able to reject all candidates in an election by exercising their right to a negative vote ...
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