Tag: OHCHR

Kashmiri rights activist urges UN Human Rights Council to unveil full report on HR abuses in IIoJK

MIRPUR (AJK): Sep 14 (APP): Veteran Kashmiri rights activist and APHC leader Altaf Hussain Wani has urged the UN Human Rights Council to take effective cognisance of the colonial-era tactics India’s repressive regime led by Modi has been employing to subjugate Kashmiri people in the Indian-held territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Taking part in a… Continue reading Kashmiri rights activist urges UN Human Rights Council to unveil full report on HR abuses in IIoJK

Pakistani community in Dubai observes Kashmir Solidarity Day

ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (APP):A community event was held at the Consulate General of Pakistan, Dubai on Sunday to observe ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’.Hassan Afzal Khan, Consul General of Pakistan to Dubai and Northern Emirates presided over the event. People from different walks of life attended the event. In his remarks, Hassan Afzal Khan highlighted that the… Continue reading Pakistani community in Dubai observes Kashmir Solidarity Day

New UN report warns against ‘˜dehumanizing’ migrants looking for work

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (APP)::No one should have to surrender their human right to migrate in order to find a living wage, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a new report, highlighting the importance of temporary migratory labour programmes. The report, ‘We wanted workers, but human beings came,’ coincided with International Migrants Day… Continue reading New UN report warns against ‘˜dehumanizing’ migrants looking for work

Pakistan asks India to reverse illegal steps in Occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 (APP): Pakistan Thursday demanded that India should reverse illegal steps taken since August 5, 2019 in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and cease demographic engineering.Indian human rights record has come under scrutiny during the ongoing 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic review (UPR) in the Human Rights Council in Geneva.Pakistan called on India… Continue reading Pakistan asks India to reverse illegal steps in Occupied Kashmir

UN rights chief urges world to intensify pressure on Myanmar military junta

UN rights chief urges world to intensify pressure on Myanmar military junta

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (APP):UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet Friday called on the international community to intensify pressure on Myanmar’s military to stop its campaign of violence against citizens, and to insist on the prompt return to civilian rule, almost one year after seizing power in a coup. Ms Bachelet reported that this week… Continue reading UN rights chief urges world to intensify pressure on Myanmar military junta

India becomes largest HR violator; OHCHR issues communication over human trafficking

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (APP): The Indian state appeared as the largest violator of human rights which are guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). According to human rights experts, from genocide in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to victimization of religious minorities, India had become an apartheid state where human… Continue reading India becomes largest HR violator; OHCHR issues communication over human trafficking

UN slams Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez’s arrest, urges his release

GENEVA, Dec 01 (APP):The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has voiced deep concern at the recent arrest of Khurram Parvez, a leading human rights defender in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) under a draconian anti-terrorism law, and called for his release. “We are deeply concerned at the arrest… Continue reading UN slams Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez’s arrest, urges his release

Pakistan calls ‘ill-timed’ move to appoint UN special rapporteur to monitor rights in Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 09 (APP): Pakistan has rejected as “ill-timed, ill-advised and potentially counter-productive” a European Union-sponsored resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council to install a special rapporteur to probe alleged abuses in Afghanistan, saying the move duplicates the existing monitoring and reporting process. Underscoring that Afghanistan today was at an “inflection point”,… Continue reading Pakistan calls ‘ill-timed’ move to appoint UN special rapporteur to monitor rights in Afghanistan

UN rights chief urges immediate, transformative action to uproot racism

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 29 (APP): The United Nations human rights chief has urged countries around the world to take action to root out systemic racism against people of African descent on Monday, as she released a report calling for measures to dismantle discrimination and for sweeping changes to policing, as well as reparations. “The status… Continue reading UN rights chief urges immediate, transformative action to uproot racism

UN experts say Kashmir leader ‘stripped naked, hung upside down’; voice ‘grave concern’ over repression

UNITED NATIONS, June 03 (APP): The Geneva-based office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has made public a letter from five UN experts to the Indian government expressing grave concern over the arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment committed by Indian forces against Kashmiri activists, especially Waheed Para, Irfan Ahmad Dar… Continue reading UN experts say Kashmir leader ‘stripped naked, hung upside down’; voice ‘grave concern’ over repression

UN urges Israel to immediately stop evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem neighbourhood

UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (APP): The UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) Friday called on Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, as well as to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force while ensuring safety and security there. Eight Palestinian refugee families residing in… Continue reading UN urges Israel to immediately stop evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem neighbourhood

UN rights office releases its experts’ letter to India voicing concern over illegal actions in Kashmir

GENEVA, Apr 16 (APP):A group of UN human rights experts, in a joint letter dispatched to India in February, have expressed grave concerns that the new domicile laws and other legislation that New Delhi imposed after its illegal August 5 annexation of occupied Jammu and Kashmir would alter demographic composition of the disputed territory, undermine… Continue reading UN rights office releases its experts’ letter to India voicing concern over illegal actions in Kashmir

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