UN Human Rights Experts Condemn India for Rohingya Deportations
In a statement released Tuesday, UN human rights experts* condemned the Indian Government’s decision to deport three more Rohingya to…
Joenia Wapixana Wins 2018 UN Human Rights Prize
Joenia Wapixana was the first in her family to go to university to study law. In 1997, she became Brazil’s…
Human Rights: Rohingya Refugees Threaten to Commit Suicide
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to halt plans for…
UN Calls on Saudi Arabia to Release Jailed Human Rights Defenders
Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an…
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 Experts Urge India to Release Human Rights Defender Saibaba
UN rights experts* urged India on Thursday to release human rights defender Dr. G.N. Saibaba, a wheelchair user with severe…