Tag: United Nations
North Korea measures to stem COVID-19 worsen abuses, hunger, UN expert...
Deaths by starvation have been reported, as has an increase in number of children and elderly people begging, investigator says
At least 18 dead as junta cracks down on anti-coup protests...
Deaths occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds by security forces in at least five cities
Sri Lanka govt ‘aggressively attacking efforts’ to address rights abuses
Trials of military and intelligence officials accused of enforced disappearances have been delayed and disrupted, says rights group
UN rights boss calls for sanctions on Sri Lankan ex-commanders
Sri Lanka remains in a state of denial about its past, UN human rights chief says
UN rights experts ask Sri Lanka to stop forced cremations
Policy of forced cremation of Muslims who died of COVID-19 is based on discrimination, aggressive nationalism and ethnocentrism, experts claim
Malaysia denying UN access to detained asylum seekers, agency says
Thousands of undocumented foreigners have been rounded up in what authorities say are efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19
UNHRC resolution on Philippine rights situation falls short of expectations, rights...
Resolution described as a missed opportunity to seek justice for thousands of unlawful killings
More UN member countries call on China to respect human rights
Statement expresses concern over human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang region and recent developments in Hong Kong
UN calls for impartial probe into South Korean man killed by...
North Korea accused of dousing man’s body in fuel and setting it on fire in an effort to prevent possible coronavirus infections
China rebuked by West at UN rights forum on Hong Kong,...
European Union, Britain, Australia and Canada were among those voicing mounting concerns about both areas
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