human rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk earlier this year posed a stark question before the Human Rights Council in Geneva: are governments doing enough to protect people from climate chaos, safeguard future generations, and…
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Members of the Jammu and Kashmir diaspora in the UK staged a protest in front of the UK Parliament, condemning Pakistan's state-sponsored terrorism. In particular, members of the Hindu community shared their experiences of the…
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Human Rights Watch and other civil society groups have called on the UK government to stop transfers of arms to Israel, amid concerns that they might be used to commit “war crimes” against Palestinians. It comes as Israel continues its…
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The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday.…
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US officials told Afghanistan’s Taliban that Washington was open to technical talks on economic stability and discussions on combating narcotics trafficking, the US State Department said on Monday following two days of talks in Qatar.…
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UN rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter's new owner Elon Musk to make respect for human rights central to the social network after he sacked around half the company's employees. Reports of Musk laying off the platform's…
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The EU will only cooperate with the Taliban if they respect fundamental rights, including those of women, and prevent the use of Afghanistan’s territory by terrorists, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday. Josep Borrell outlined…
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