UN rights chief Volker Türk says most of Gaza's 40,000 dead are women and children
Aug 16, 2024, at 08:41 pm
As the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza passes the dark milestone of 40,000, UN rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an end to the killing “once and for all” and the release of all hostages while negotiators prepared to meet in Qatar to renew efforts to halt the conflict and avert a wider war.
Uyghur advocacy groups appreciate US for banning goods produced with Uyghur forced labour
Aug 12, 2024, at 03:12 am
The East Turkistan National Movement has appreciated the USA for the decision taken to ban goods produced with Uyghur forced labour.
Sindh Foundation demonstrate outside Pakistani Consulate in Chicago, raises Priya Kumari's issue
Aug 03, 2024, at 05:44 am
The Sindhi Foundation recently demonstrated outside the Pakistani Consulate in Chicago when they demanded rights for the Sindhi community in the country.
Pakistan FC security personnel abduct two brothers from Balochistan
Jun 18, 2024, at 08:49 pm
Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) personnel have abducted two men from Gili area in Balochistan, media reports said.
May 08, 2024, at 10:54 pm
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Russia to end its crackdown on journalists in a statement issued on Tuesday shortly after President Vladmir Putin began a fifth term in office.
Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah
Apr 26, 2024, at 09:19 pm
Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
Apr 17, 2024, at 04:58 pm
Washington/IBNS: Congressional-Executive Commission on China chair Rep. Chris Smith said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “getting away with murder” as it expands its tentacles in international bodies such as the United Nations (UN) to shun criticism.
Apr 12, 2024, at 11:38 pm
UN experts on Thursday expressed dismay at the continuing lack of protection for young women and girls belonging to minority communities in Pakistan.
Thailand's lawmakers passes bill to legitimise same-sex marriage
Mar 28, 2024, at 12:45 am
Thailand’s House of Representatives, the lower house of the country, on Wednesday (March 27, 2024) voted to legitimise same-sex marriage.
Unknown attackers stab to death Rohingya man in Bangladesh camp
Feb 18, 2024, at 08:54 pm
Unknown attackers stabbed to death a Rohingya man at Ukhia’s Jamtoli camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar region on Saturday, media reports said.
Jan 30, 2024, at 02:54 pm
Nearly 100 people have died or disappeared crossing the Central and Eastern Mediterranean so far this year – more than twice the number for the same period in 2023, the deadliest year for migrants at sea in Europe since 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
Uphold freedoms, fulfill the promise of human rights, urges UN chief
Dec 12, 2023, at 08:56 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on world leaders to rely on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a roadmap to not only uphold human rights but also prevent wars, combat hatred, rebuild trust and build a sustainable future for all.
Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty, says UN poverty expert
Nov 01, 2023, at 11:47 pm
A UN poverty expert called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart on Tuesday to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on US Government benefits to survive.
PoK protest against govt against high inflation, unemployment
Oct 25, 2023, at 05:35 pm
People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been facing the troubles of high inflation, frequent load shedding, unemployment and other violations of human rights for a long time now and this has left them with no other options but to protest against the government.
Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres
Oct 24, 2023, at 09:09 pm
With 735 million people going hungry last year and three billion unable to afford a healthy diet, the world is “going backwards on our goal of zero hunger by 2030”, the UN chief told the Committee on World Food Security on Monday.
Protect children at all times and at all places, UN envoys tell nations
Oct 06, 2023, at 11:35 pm
Senior UN officials on Thursday reiterated the call for protection of children and ensuring their rights at all times, as enshrined in international law, and ending impunity for crimes against them.
Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn
Oct 04, 2023, at 08:46 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts are warning that there is “an overwhelming risk” atrocity crimes “will continue” in Ethiopia. in a new report released on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Residents, clerics bar girls from playing cricket in Swat
Oct 02, 2023, at 05:25 am
Residents and clerics in Pakistan's Swat region have barred women from playing cricket in a local stadium as they believe the participation of women in sports was considered “immodest” and “inappropriate” in the region.
Sep 30, 2023, at 10:04 pm
The Sindhi Foundation recently hosted a day-long poster campaign in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to make people aware of the plight of Sindhis in Pakistan’s Sindh region.
Ninety per cent beggars held abroad are from Pakistan: Reports
Sep 29, 2023, at 11:58 pm
The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis was recently informed that a large number of beggars from the country were going abroad, leading to a spike in 'human trafficking'.
Crisis deepens for Mali’s children, human rights updates from Brazil, Montenegro
Sep 27, 2023, at 11:22 pm
In Mali, one million children under five are at risk of malnutrition amid polio and measles outbreaks, increased armed violence and displacement, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Human rights experts: Humanity facing ‘unprecedented global toxic emergency’
Sep 23, 2023, at 07:57 pm
The consequences of poor chemicals and waste management worldwide are fuelling an “unprecedented global toxic emergency”, independent UN human rights experts have warned, ahead of a major summit next week.
Over-compliance with unilateral sanctions hurts human rights
Sep 16, 2023, at 09:42 pm
Unilateral sanctions and over-compliance are threatening the health and well-being of people across the world, an independent UN human right expert warned on Friday.
Sudan: UN ‘will never stay neutral’ amid war and human rights abuses
Sep 15, 2023, at 11:10 pm
Both Sudanese Government forces (SAF) and their rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are responsible for abhorrent rights violations as they battle for supremacy, the UN envoy to the country said on Wednesday.
War crimes intensifying: Myanmar human rights investigators
Sep 12, 2023, at 09:58 pm
UN-appointed independent human rights investigators told the Human Rights Council on Monday that Myanmar’s people continue to suffer deeply from the effects of horrific crimes committed by the country’s military, amid intensifying violence.
Sep 11, 2023, at 03:35 am
Legal experts and bloggers have voiced concerns that the proposed Chinese public security law to criminalise comments, clothing or symbols that “undermine the spirit” or “harm the feelings” of China may be used arbitrarily.
Imaan Mazari was arrested just hours after she was granted bail by Pakistani court
Aug 28, 2023, at 11:13 pm
The Islamabad Police rearrested human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, hours after she was released on bail by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
Aug 23, 2023, at 08:35 pm
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution in Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh.
Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of former officials
Aug 23, 2023, at 06:55 pm
New York: In Afghanistan, hundreds of former government officials and members of the armed forces have allegedly been killed despite assurances from the Taliban of an amnesty, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday.
More than 20 female artists exhibit paintings in in Taliban-ruled Kabul
Aug 22, 2023, at 08:32 pm
In a country ruled by Taliban forces and eves being dominated, over 20 female artists exhibited their paintings in Kabul by holding an exhibition.