UN rights chief Volker Türk says most of Gaza's 40,000 dead are women and children
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
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
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
Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) personnel have abducted two men from Gili area in Balochistan, media reports said.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.