OHCHR

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office on Monday opposed to a death penalty and pushing for justice in Bangladesh after a domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office on Tuesday expressed major concern after the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN Human Rights Office in Geneva on Thursday reported that dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment in the eastern part of…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – ICC on Tuesday said that the former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has been arrested and taken into custody in Manila in line with a warrant issued by the ICC. The court has been…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed on Tuesday that days of violence against Syria’s mainly ethnic Alawite communities have included the summary execution of entire families. OHCHR spokesperson…

By Anjali Sharma   UNITED NATIONS – UN Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif on Thursday told the Human Rights Council that the global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights head Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, dehumanizing narratives” that continue to hamper a positive outcome to the Middle East crisis. Mr. Türk made his closing…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in Gaza to hold after delays to talks between Hamas and Israel on extending the truce into the second phase.…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday decried a substantial increase in global executions in the past 2 years as the global efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office on Tuesday voiced an alarm over escalating rights abuses in Sudan, warned that impunity is driving violations as fighting spreads and more armed groups become involved. UN…