Nations ask China to open Xinjiang
More than 40 countries urged China on Tuesday to allow the United Nations human rights chief immediate access to its far western region...
Al Jazeera
Jun 23, 2021
Slow progress, cycles of violence, as South Sudan turns 10
South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a...
Genocide Watch
Jun 21, 2021
ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over Darfur suspects
By EDITH M. LEDERER In this photo provided by the United Nations, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is shown on...
Associated Press
Jun 9, 2021
UN court upholds Mladic genocide conviction
Joe Biden and Michelle Bachelet were among those to praise the decision by United Nations war crimes judges to uphold the Bosnian Serb...
Al Jazeera
Jun 9, 2021
Ethiopia’s Tigray at ‘serious risk’ of famine, warns UN official
Mark Lowcock, in reported briefing to Security Council, calls for scaling up of assistance in next two months to prevent famine. The...
Al Jazeera
May 26, 2021
Western powers clash with China over Xinjiang at UN
US, UK and Germany urge China to allow UN ‘immediate, unfettered’ access to region amid concerns over Beijing’s treatment of the Uighur...
Al Jazeera
May 13, 2021
UN Rights Body Looks To Investigate Belarus's Crackdown On Protesters
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a resolution to create a team to investigate...
Reuters
Apr 1, 2021
U.N. rights chief agrees to Ethiopia request for joint Tigray inquiry
Michelle Nichols / Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has agreed to an Ethiopian request...
Reuters
Mar 18, 2021
Philippines: UN rights office appalled over simultaneous killings of ‘red-tagged’ activists
9 March 2021 The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that it was “appalled” by what appears to be the simultaneous arbitrary...
Genocide Watch
Mar 10, 2021
Group: Billion in aid needed to help Afghan kids in 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 10 million children in war-ravaged Afghanistan are at risk of not having enough food to eat in 2021, a...
Associated Press
Jan 19, 2021
Family asks for help in release of Kashmir separatist leader
The family of a prominent separatist leader from disputed Kashmir who is being held in an Indian jail for alleged anti-state activities...
Genocide Watch
Jan 4, 2021
UN probe in Mali sees war crimes, crimes against humanity: Report
Allegations made in a 338-page report by the International Commission of Inquiry for Mali which investigated violence between 2012-2018....
Al Jazeera
Dec 22, 2020
