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 ...

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’ ...