Moscow/ New York: Russia declared terminating its UNHRC membership after a resolution was passed in the UN General Assembly on Thursday. About 93 members voted for the suspension of Russia’s membership when the United States tabled a resolution on Thursday. This action has been taken against Russia, given the massacre in the Bucha region near […]
Geneva: – Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned, ‘The international community should cooperate to stop the oppression by the military in Myanmar. Otherwise, a conflict similar to Syria will be sparked in Myanmar. There will be armed rebellions in Myanmar similar to Syria.’ It has been two and a half […]
London – Adish Aggarwala, the President of the International Council for Jurists, demanded ‘China has pushed the world in the ditch of a dangerous crisis to fulfil its ambition of becoming a global superpower. China has committed an unpardonable crime against humanity by hiding the information regarding the pandemic. China must pay extraordinary compensation as […]
Dubai/Tehran: Amnesty International declared that 106 people had been killed in the protest launched against the enormous fuel price hike by the Iran government. But the locals claimed that more than 200 people were killed in the actions taken by the Iranian military. At the same time, three soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards also […]
Geneva: ‘The Nation-State Bill passed by the Israeli parliament is discriminatory against the original residents of East Jerusalem. This decision will raise the tension in this region.’ criticised the UN human rights commission. The commission also lashed out at Israel’s decision regarding the people in East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the United States has criticised the UN […]
Washington: ‘The Agenda-7 of the United Nations Human Rights Commission has been prepared to deny the very existence to Israel. Political corruption and moral bankruptcy have pervaded the Human Rights Commissionand this is a warning bell,’ was the vitriolic criticism spewed by the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley. At the same time, […]
Geneva: The United States backed out from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), by claiming that it had turned into a ‘protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias’. Following this, Israel too seems to have turned its back against the UNHRC. Since the past few days, Israel’s Ambassador to the […]
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the courageous decision taken by the US leadership, to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He praised US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley for taking this step. ‘For past many years, the UNHRC has […]
Geneva – An insistent demand was made in the UN Human Rights meeting; China should allow impartial observers and officials deputed by the United Nations to enter the Xinjiang province to investigate the atrocities against the Uyghur people. Forty countries supported the statement published with the Canadian initiative. The report also mentions Hongkong and Tibet. […]
Geneva: The organisation monitoring the functioning of the United Nations made vitriolic criticism that because of the history of human rights in Pakistan, the Pakistani presence in the Human Rights Commission is unbearable. At the same time, this organisation has presented a list of reasons to refuse the candidature of Pakistan in the Human Rights […]