UN Agencies Express Concern over Trump’s Muslim Ban Order
By Rakesh Raman A number of United Nations (UN) human rights and refugee welfare agencies have expressed their anguish over…
UN Chief Exhorts to Make World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Disarmament can play an important role in ending existing conflicts and preventing the outbreak of new strife, United Nations Secretary-General…
Amnesty India Hails Decision to Commute Death Sentences of Four Men
The India arm of human rights organization Amnesty International today welcomed the decision of President Pranab Mukherjee to commute the…
Women’s March on Washington Warns the Trump Administration
Just a day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of America, a new event will be…
Poverty in India: Woman Sells Child for Rs. 2000
A homeless tribal woman, deserted by her husband, was forced to sell her newly born male child to one of…
New UN Task Force to Check Sexual Exploitation Cases
The United Nations announced Friday that it plans to strengthen its approach to preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and…