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India abstains from voting on UNHRC resolution to probe Gaza conflict
PTI | , New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 28, 2021 01:36 PM IST
The resolution was adopted as 24 countries voted in favour of it while nine opposed it at the end of an all-day special session of the 47-member UN body at its headquarters in Geneva on Thursday.
News updates from HT: Google favours preserving work permit for H1B spouses
By hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 14, 2021 08:55 PM IST
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3 UN peacekeepers 'gravely wounded' in a rocket attack in Mali
AFP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh
UPDATED ON APR 26, 2021 05:52 AM IST
Mali has been battling a brutal jihadist insurgency since 2012, when Islamist fighters first emerged during a rebellion by ethnic Tuareg separatists in the north.
'Deep concern': UN condemns violence against Myanmar protesters and deaths
AP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh, United Nations
UPDATED ON APR 02, 2021 06:47 AM IST
The British-drafted press statement approved by all 15 council members after intense negotiations that began Wednesday expressed “deep concern at the rapidly deteriorating situation” in Myanmar and reiterated the council's call on the military “to exercise utmost restraint.”
UN says refugees face long 'struggle' for getting vaccinated against Covid-19
AFP | | Posted by Harshit Sabarwal
PUBLISHED ON MAR 18, 2021 07:45 PM IST
UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, said many urban refugees were driven into a downward spiral of poverty last year by the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile the capacity for dealing with Covid-19 among refugees in rural areas was very limited.
UN rights chief decries violations in China's Xinjiang, hopes for visit
Reuters | , Geneva
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 06:12 PM IST
China hit back at the forum on Wednesday at growing criticism by Western powers of its treatment of ethnic minorities in the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet.
‘Patron of terror’: India hits out at Pakistan at United Nations
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2021 04:48 AM IST
India’s “right of reply” to the Pakistani minister’s speech was delivered by Seema Pujani, second secretary in the permanent mission to the UN. She described Pakistan’s continued misuse of various platforms for “baseless and malicious propaganda against India is not new”.
‘Covid-19 crisis has a woman’s face’: UN chief
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 22, 2021 06:52 PM IST
- Antonio Guterres' speech in Geneva focused on racism, the pandemic’s impact on women and human rights, and the ongoing military coup in Myanmar.
UN human rights agency calls for 'maximum restraint' by farmers and authorities
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON FEB 06, 2021 07:37 AM IST
- Earlier, the US called for dialogue to address the farmers’ protest and backed peaceful demonstrations and freedom of expression. Washington also offered support for reforms that improve and open up India’s markets to attract private investments.
UN human rights agency urges farmers and authorities to show restraint
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2021 03:32 AM IST
The UN office of the high commissioner for human rights joined lawmakers, organisations and governments from around the world that have weighed in on the farmers’ protest that began last November against three farm laws.
Delhi must make foreign policymaking transparent
By Nicolas Blarel and Avinash Paliwal
PUBLISHED ON FEB 02, 2020 07:41 PM IST
Scholars need to examine the international, domestic, organisational and ideational factors that shape decisions
‘Repeating a lie doesn’t turn it into truth’: India ticks off Pakistan over Kashmir
Hindustan Times, New DElhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 29, 2020 01:00 AM IST
India described Pakistan’s pretence to speak on behalf of global community on human rights as “quite audacious’.
Worldview | Decoding India-Pakistan face-off at UNHRC over J&K-Article 370
By Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 05:03 PM IST
Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Sharat Sabharwal, explains what to expect at the United Nations General Assembly.
Kashmir: The diplomatic battle
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON SEP 11, 2019 07:25 PM IST
Pakistan failed at the UNHRC. The next battle is in New York
‘Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir’: Pak foreign minister in Geneva
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 02:53 AM IST
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is leading his country’s delegation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)session in Geneva, questioned why New Delhi was not allowing international media into the “Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.”
DMK’s Stalin heads to UN’s Human Rights body, we tell you what’s his agenda
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By MC Rajan
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2019 02:14 PM IST
DMK chief MK Stalin’s participation in United Nations Human Rights Council session has been confirmed by the international watchdog. Stalin had raised the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils and their rights at the UNHRC in 2017
We must question the CAS ruling on Semenya
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 02, 2019 09:19 PM IST
Female athletes should not be given a limit on what their bodies produce naturally
Tamil activist Thirumurugan Gandhi held in Bengaluru
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON AUG 09, 2018 10:07 PM IST
Thirumurugan Gandhi was arrested upon his arrival from Geneva, where he attended a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting recently and raised the issue of Anti-Sterlite protests in Tuticorin district and subsequent police firing that left 13 dead.
Army chief dubs UN report on rights violations in Kashmir as motivated
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 27, 2018 12:32 PM IST
Gen. Bipin Rawat says the human rights record of the Indian Army is well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community.
Dalit women’s group bats for rights at United Nations forum
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Dhamini Ratnam
PUBLISHED ON JUN 22, 2018 07:32 AM IST
The All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM), a collective of Dalit women and girls, which works as an advocacy forum, released a report —Voices Against Caste Impunity: Narratives of Dalit Women — and showed a short documentary, #DalitWomenFight.