Myanmar: UN chief condemns killing of civilians during brutal crackdown on protestors
The UN chief condemned in the strongest terms, the killing of dozens of civilians, including…
Category: Human Rights
First Person: ‘No daughter of mine will be cut’
Like 95 per cent of women in her Ugandan community, Margaret Chepoteltel underwent female genital…
‘Racist lie’ must end, UN chief warns on Remembrance Day for enslaved people
Although the transatlantic slave trade ended more than two centuries ago, “the ideas of white…
Probe announced into alleged Tigray rights violations: UN rights office
Alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are to be investigated by…
Myanmar: UN expert calls for emergency summit, warns conditions ‘likely to get much worse’
The independent UN Special Rapporteur investigating human rights in Myanmar has called on the international…
UN’s top human rights forum passes resolutions on Belarus, Myanmar
The UN’s top rights forum passed resolutions condemning abuses of fundamental freedoms in Belarus and…
Young people help draw up UN digital protection recommendations
Over 30 years after the invention of the world wide web, The UN Committee on…
Human Rights Council strengthens rights office probe into Sri Lanka’s long civil war
The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve…
Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s protection treaty, ‘worrying step backwards’
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from an important treaty on protecting women is “a very worrying…
UN chief ‘profoundly concerned’ over rise in violence against Asians
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a statement expressing his profound concern over the rise in…
Collective commitment needed to end the ‘poison’ of racism: UN cultural chief says
With the COVID-19 pandemic providing fertile ground for the resurgence of racism and discrimination, the head of the UN’s educational and…
Despite pandemic, UN continues to fight ‘scourge’ of sexual exploitation abuse
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, released his annual update on how the Organization is working to…
‘Pernicious evil’ of racism pervasive in ‘all regions and all societies’ – UN chief
Much of today’s racism is “deeply entrenched in centuries of colonialism and enslavement”, the UN…
No ‘fix’ to police violence, without tackling scourge in society, says rights chief
The Human Rights Council embarked on a discussion over police violence against people of African…
UN envoy continues efforts to access Myanmar, amidst increasingly brutal crackdown
The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar continues her work towards engaging with officials in the…
World losing billions annually to age-based prejudice and discrimination: UN report
Negative stereotypes, prejudice and perceptions towards people based on their age, not only leads to…
Rights experts demand Iran release academic ‘nearing death’ in solitary confinement
United Nations independent human rights experts on Thursday called on Iran to immediately release Iranian-Swedish…
Myanmar: UN human rights office ‘deeply disturbed’ as crackdown continues to intensify
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday it is “deeply disturbed” that the…
Independent UN expert says ‘tsunami of hate’ targeting minorities must be tackled
Social media has too often been used with “relative impunity” to spread hate, prejudice and…
Syria: Grim 10-year anniversary of ‘unimaginable violence and indignities’
As the Syrian war reaches its grim decade-long milestone, the UN envoy for the country…
Allies of South Sudan militias must be held accountable: UN human rights report
Military and political officials in South Sudan supporting community-based militias in the Greater Jonglei region,…
Myanmar crisis: UN Special Envoy condemns ‘ongoing brutality’, as dozens reported killed over weekend
The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has strongly condemned “continuing bloodshed” in the country, as…
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‘Guarantee due process’, says UN chief, following Bolivia opposition arrests
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has recalled the importance of upholding due process in all legal…
UN chief calls for ‘unconditional release’ of abducted students in Nigeria
The UN chief on Friday, has strongly condemned the latest mass kidnapping of students in…
UN launches ‘Only Together’ campaign to support global vaccine equity call
The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, aiming to advance fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. …
Myanmar crackdown has led to likely crimes against humanity, Human Rights Council told
The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal threshold for crimes…
US death penalty must be abolished, rights experts urge President Biden
President Biden should do everything in his power to end death row executions in the…
COVID contributed to ‘starvation’, executions in DPR Korea, Rights Council hears
Disturbing reports have emerged from North Korea – officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic…
Endemic violence against women ‘cannot be stopped with a vaccine’ – WHO chief
Over the past decade, violence against women has been “endemic in every country and culture”,…
Philippines: UN rights office appalled over simultaneous killings of ‘red-tagged’ activists
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that it was “appalled” by what…
Countries lack commitment to banning torture, rights expert charges
Governments have demonstrated a lack of credible commitment to banning torture and other cruel treatment, according to an independent expert mandated by…
First Person: ‘If I die fighting for justice, I will not have regrets’
In Nigeria, where nearly three out of 10 Nigerian women have experienced physical violence by…
Hopes for UN Security Council action against Myanmar military coup ‘waning’ fast, warns Special Envoy
Hopes placed in the UN and the Member States that serve on the Security Council…
Countries failing to properly prosecute killers of human rights defenders, UN expert says
Countries must find the political will to prevent the killings of human rights defenders, hundreds…
Amidst ‘conflict, blanket denials and finger-pointing’, UN rights chief calls for probe in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Tigray region…
Anti-Muslim hatred has reached ‘epidemic proportions’ says UN rights expert, urging action by States
Institutional suspicion and fear of Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim has escalated to…
Saudi Arabia commutes three death sentences, UN experts urge charges be dropped
Independent UN human rights experts welcomed on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s decision to commute the death…
Nigeria: Traumatized abducted schoolchildren need urgent rehabilitation, say independent rights experts
In Nigeria, too little is being done to help teenagers left traumatized by the recent spate of attacks on schools and mass abductions, UN-appointed independent rights experts said…
INTERVIEW: The women activists aiming to make history in Vanuatuan politics
The Republic of Vanuatu is one of the few countries in the world without a…
Rights experts condemn ongoing demolition of Palestinian Bedouin village
Two independent UN human rights experts are urging Israel to halt efforts to demolish the…
Environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’, must end, say UN human rights experts
The further industrialization of so-called “Cancer Alley” in the southern United States, known for its…
Russia responsible for Navalny poisoning, rights experts say
Russia is responsible for the poisoning and attempted killing of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny, two independent UN rights…
Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria
The fate of tens of thousands of civilians being held in Syria’s “notorious” prisons or detention centres is still unclear,…
Bangladesh: UN rights chief urges transparent probe into writer’s death, review of law under which he was charged
The United Nations top human rights official on Monday called for transparent investigation into the…
Myanmar: UN rights office condemns escalating violence in deadliest day of protests so far
In response to the killing of at least 18 protesters demonstrating against Myanmar’s military coup,…
Pandemic pushing people ‘even further behind’, UN rights chief warns
As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, people worldwide are “being left behind – or pushed…
UN envoy: Democratic processes ‘pushed aside’ in Myanmar
As the democratically elected leader of Myanmar, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is…
USA: Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism
Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to…
Belarus human rights situation deteriorating further, warns UN rights chief
A “systematic crackdown” against dissent in Belarus is continuing, months since the country’s disputed presidential…
UN independent experts ‘appalled’ by deportation of migrants to Myanmar, in defiance of court order
Independent UN human rights experts castigated Malaysia on Wednesday over its decision to deport more…