UN Human Rights Experts Urge India to Release CAA Protest Leaders
By RMN News Service A group of UN experts* called on India on Friday (June 26) to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes…
With Focus on Human Rights, UN Releases 3-Point Response to Tackle Coronavirus
As its response to combat coronavirus infection, the United Nations has released a report, “United Nations Comprehensive Response to Covid-19: Saving Lives, Protecting Societies, Recovering Better.” Since the beginning of…
Islamic Nations Ask India to Stop Human Rights Abuses in Kashmir
By RMN News Service The Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) held a virtual meeting Monday against the backdrop of the troubled…
UN Human Rights Chief to Take Action on Racist Violence
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, will lead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies, the Human Rights Council decided…
UN Resolution to Stop Police Brutality in the United States
“You watched my brother die. That could have been me,” said Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, the African American man whose death at the hands of police officers in…
American Lawyers Demand the Release of Delhi Student Safoora Zargar
Ms. Zargar has been detained pre-trial for seven months despite the fact that she is pregnant and therefore at higher risk of contracting Covid-19 in the crowded prison in which…