Greece: Rights experts condemn ‘racist violence’ against asylum-seekers
Aug 25, 2023, at 05:15 pm
Greece must adopt “safe and impartial” border policies and practices and hold its law enforcement officers accountable for abuses, a group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement on Wednesday.
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.
Pakistan: Hindu man allegedly picked up by police in Sindh, family claims he was assaulted
Aug 14, 2023, at 12:12 am
Mirpurkhas: A Hindu man was picked up by police from his home in Pakistan's Sindh region on Thursday, his family said on Sunday.
Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:02 pm
An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region.
China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:12 pm
UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.
Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
Mar 11, 2023, at 09:02 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of the systematic recruitment of prisoners across Russia by the private military contractor known as the Wagner Group, which is playing a major role in the fighting in Ukraine.
Generation Equality: Alongside COVID lies an ‘equally horrific pandemic’ threatening women
Jun 30, 2021, at 10:03 pm
New York: As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, “a parallel and equally horrific pandemic” has threatened half the world’s population, the UN chief said on Tuesday, in the lead up to the Generation Equality Forum in France.
Mozambique: Cabo Delgado displacement could reach 1 million, UN officials warn
Mar 24, 2021, at 12:58 am
New York: Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Monday of the urgent need to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, where an ongoing insurgency has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people.
New report highlights value of UN’s human rights work in the field
Oct 13, 2020, at 03:18 pm
New York: The UN’s work in promoting dialogue between Arabic and Kurdish groups in Iraq is just one example of how human rights personnel are playing a critical role at the Organization’s peace operations around the world.
Rights defenders, scholars unite to launch 'Global Campaign for Democratic China’
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:06 am
In a first of its kind, human rights defenders, scholars, and persecuted communities by China came together to launch the ‘Global Campaign for Democratic China’ on China Day.
Deliberate silencing of peaceful voices in Iraq ‘unacceptable’, says UN human rights chief
Aug 28, 2020, at 09:39 pm
New York: A new UN report launched on Thursday highlights human rights violations and abuses that were committed during recent demonstrations in Iraq and calls for immediate action for justice.
UN refugee chief underlines continued support to Lebanon
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:01 pm
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday urged the international community to continue to stand by the people of Lebanon as they recover from the blast that devastated the capital, Beirut, earlier this month.
UN rights office ‘appalled’ at violence against human rights defenders in the Philippines
Aug 22, 2020, at 09:59 pm
New York: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has called for effective measures to protect rights defenders in the Philippines, amid a spate of deadly attacks against them.
Iran urged to release rights activist with COVID-19 symptoms ‘before it is too late’
Jul 23, 2020, at 06:30 pm
New York: A group of independent UN human rights experts has called for Iran to urgently release an activist who reportedly is ill with COVID-19 symptoms “before it is too late”.
Colombia: Killing of rights defenders, social leaders, ex-fighters, most serious threat to peace
Jul 15, 2020, at 10:57 pm
New York: The killing of former combatants, human rights defenders and social leaders of communities devastated by decades of conflict, remains the most serious threat to peace in Colombia since the signing of a landmark peace agreement in 2016, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, meeting in-person at UN Headquarters in New York, for the first time in four months.
Widows must not be left out of efforts to build back better after COVID-19
Jun 24, 2020, at 10:13 am
New York/IBNS: When countries begin building back from the COVID-19 pandemic they must also work towards dismantling laws that discriminate against women, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for International Widow’s Day on Tuesday.
Rights experts condemn use of force against journalists covering US protests
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:35 pm
New York/IBNS: Journalists covering ongoing protests denouncing systemic racism and police brutality in the United States must be able to do their job in peace, two experts on the right to freedom of expression said on Wednesday.
UN migration agency appeals to South Sudan group to free volunteer worker and child
Nov 02, 2019, at 06:48 am
New York/IBNS: The UN migration agency appealed on Friday for the immediate liberation of a volunteer and child who’ve been missing since a gun battle in South Sudan at the weekend that claimed the lives of three agency workers.
Ingredients for a new life: how cooking helps refugees and migrants blend in
Oct 17, 2019, at 05:41 pm
On a Friday afternoon, in a small restaurant kitchen in the New York borough of Brooklyn, head chef Alexander Harris is giving instructions to his attentive team, preparing them for the busy evening ahead. So far, the tables are empty, but the small, popular space, with just a handful of tables - and some stools around the bar - will soon be bustling with the evening crowd.
UN must provide redress for minorities placed in toxic Kosovo camps, says rights expert
Mar 14, 2019, at 08:55 am
New York, Mar 14 (IBNS): An independent rights expert appointed by the Human Rights Council has called on the United Nations to “provide justice and remedies” to displaced people who suffered lead poisoning after being housed in UN camps on toxic wasteland in Kosovo.
Gaza probe finds 'reasonable grounds' Israeli forces committed international human rights violations
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): An independent UN report into last year’s protests along Gaza’s border fence involving Israeli security forces, that resulted in the shooting deaths of more than 180 Palestinians, concluded on Thursday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel violated international humanitarian law.
How to stay in shape and step up support for refugees
Jan 09, 2019, at 09:18 am
New York, Jan 9 (IBNS): At a time of year when many resolve to get fit, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the huge distances many are forced to cover to escape persecution, in search of a better life far from home.
Refugee and migrant children losing over 1.8 million school days, every day – UN report
Nov 21, 2018, at 09:18 am
New York, Nov 21 (IBNS): Migrant and refugee children to face incredible hardships attending schools and accessing education, a new United Nations report released on Tuesday has revealed, highlighting also structural weaknesses in national systems that can sometimes exclude children on the move.
Death penalty concerns highlighted in Sudan, Belarus, by UN Human Rights Committee
Nov 02, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): Countries should heed the “clear pro-abolitionist spirit” towards the death penalty of one of the world’s most important treaties, a key UN independent human rights panel said on Thursday, while highlighting concerns about right-to-life violations in Belarus and Sudan.
Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Jul 05, 2018, at 08:10 am
New York, July 5 (IBNS): Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled an “ethnic cleansing campaign” last year, given that “not a single” one has returned officially, the United Nations human rights chief warned on Wednesday.
UN warns of ‘deteriorating climate’ for human rights defenders in Guatemala
May 19, 2018, at 01:02 pm
New York, May 19 (IBNS): It’s becoming increasingly dangerous to defend the rights of indigenous people in Guatemala, the United Nations human rights office warned on Friday, following the murder of three activists over the past 10 days.
Apr 28, 2018, at 12:52 pm
New York, Apr 28 (IBNS): Some 2,900 mostly Syrian and Iraqi families have arrived in Evros this month, with eight others losing their lives trying to cross the Evros River from Turkey – prompting the United Nations refugee agency to call on the Greek Government to improve the conditions at its reception area.
UN rights experts voice concerns about ‘structural racism’ in United Kingdom
Apr 28, 2018, at 12:40 pm
New York, Apr 28 (IBNS): United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concerns about racism rooted in the fabric of the United Kingdom’s society, given the disproportionate number of people of African descent and of ethnic minorities dying due to excessive use of force by State security.
Remember Slavery: UN chief calls for continued struggle to ensure dignity and justice for all
Mar 27, 2018, at 02:25 pm
New York, Mar 27 (JEN): Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations Secretary-General on Monday said that while the abhorrent practice was abolished in the 1800s, it continues to have profound social, cultural and political impacts today.
Jesse Jackson issues call at UN for ‘global coalition of conscience’ to cement human rights
Mar 27, 2018, at 02:21 pm
New York, Mar 27 (JEN): There needs to be a “massive global coalition of conscience” to enshrine the values of racial equality and human rights for all, declared civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the United Nations.