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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

UN experts urge India to immediately release Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez

GENEVA, Dec 22 (APP): UN human rights experts Wednesday called on Indian authorities to stop targeting Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez and to release him immediately. “We are concerned that one month after Mr. Parvez’s arrest, he is still deprived of liberty in what appears to be a new incident of retaliation for his… Continue reading UN experts urge India to immediately release Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez

‘Free, democratic’ Palestinian vote must include East Jerusalem: UN experts

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 (APP):Three UN human rights experts have called on the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the occupying power, to reschedule elections for the Palestinian presidency, legislature, and municipalities within a reasonable time to ensure “free, fair, democratic, peaceful, and credible” polls. The Palestinian parliamentary elections had been scheduled for May and the presidential… Continue reading ‘Free, democratic’ Palestinian vote must include East Jerusalem: UN experts

UN rights expert outraged over death in Indian jail of rights activist Stan Swamy, aged 84

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 05 (APP): A United Nations human rights expert has expressed her outrage over the death on Monday of the imprisoned Indian rights activist, Stan Swamy, in Mumbai city. “The news from India today is devastating,” Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs), said in a… Continue reading UN rights expert outraged over death in Indian jail of rights activist Stan Swamy, aged 84

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

UN expert calls for emergency summit on Myanmar as situation ‘likely to get much worse’

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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (APP):A UN human rights expert has called on the international community to hold an “emergency” summit of all the stakeholders in Myanmar, including the parliamentarians, who were democratically elected prior to February’s military coup. Tom Andrews, the Special Rapporteur investigating human rights in Myanmar, in a statement on Thursday warned that… Continue reading UN expert calls for emergency summit on Myanmar as situation ‘likely to get much worse’

UN rights experts urge incoming US administration to close ‘disgraceful’ Gitmo prison

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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 (APP): A group of UN human rights experts has appealed to the incoming President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to immediately close the “disgraceful” US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Citing the rapidly deteriorating health of detainees who remain, along with the mental and physical harm inflicted on them in cruel and inhuman… Continue reading UN rights experts urge incoming US administration to close ‘disgraceful’ Gitmo prison

Misuse of terrorism laws during conflict creates ‘unmitigated calamity’: UN expert

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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17 (APP): A UN human rights expert Friday criticized the misuse of terrorism laws by some States, saying that inappropriate use of such measures in the context of complex and violent conflicts sometimes only worsened the situation on the ground. The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights… Continue reading Misuse of terrorism laws during conflict creates ‘unmitigated calamity’: UN expert

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