New York, Jan 11 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency on Friday warned that Israel could be breaking international law by limiting the rights of asylum-seekers with a new amendment to t ...

New York, Jan 11 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Friday said it hopes that Myanmar’s decision to commute all death sentences to life imprisonment will lead to the full ab ...

New York, Jan 11 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) confirmed on Friday that it is seeking details from Australian authorities about recent media reports of the navy forcing b ...

New York, Jan 8 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday expressed deep concern about what it said is disproportionate use of force by law enforcement officials responding t ...

New York, Jan 7 (JEN) A senior United Nations official has welcomed a decision by Nepal's top court against granting amnesty for serious human rights violations committed during a decade-l ...

New York, Jan 1 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday welcomed the presidential pardon granted in Myanmar to political prisoners convicted of or prosecuted for various of ...

New York, Jan 1 (JEN): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday voiced grave concern over mounting evidence of gross human rights abuses in the strife-torn ...

New York, Dec 27 (JEN): An independent United Nations expert on Thursday urged the Somali Government to finalize and carry out a human rights roadmap endorsed by the cabinet in August.

New York, Dec 27 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Thursday urged the Government of Thailand to drop criminal defamation charges against two journalists who wrote about the a ...