Attack on Press Freedom: Journalist in Tajikistan Sent to Prison
According to the UN Human Rights Office in Central Asia, Mr Khairullo Mirsaidov – a well-known and respected independent journalist…
UN Experts Urge Myanmar to Release Reuters Journalists
UN human rights experts* on Wednesday expressed grave concern after a court in Myanmar officially charged two Reuters journalists under…
Difficult for Rohingya Refugees to Return to Myanmar: Expert
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said Monday the Government’s failure to…
NHRC Dismisses Petition on Human Rights in Kashmir
The government-controlled National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has dismissed a petition that urged the Commission to constitute an…
UN Appoints New Military Observer for India and Pakistan
The UN has demanded an unconditional access to Kashmir to record the extent of human rights violations in the troubled…
Deterioration of Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territory
A UN expert on Friday expressed alarm about the deterioration of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), saying…