OHCHR

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volkerr Turk on Wednesday emphasized the importance of sustaining the momentum for change sparked by student protests in Bangladesh and subsequent resignation of the…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday said that children and disabled people are facing horrific conditions in Gaza, with some dying as they wait for medical evacuations, as the year-long war goes…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights chief Wolker Turk on Tuesday urged an immediate end to hostilities in Lebanon after an overnight Israeli airstrike near a major hospital in Beirut that killed 18 people, including 4…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN human rights office on Wednesday has urged legislators in the United States to join a growing number of nations who’ve abolished the death penalty. The appeal came ahead of scheduled execution of two…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS, 5th Sept. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Wednesday described antisemitism as an ongoing plague and “scourge on our collective humanity” which has resulted in damaging consequences for…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 11th August. UN Human Rights Office on Saturday condemned the increasing frequency of Israeli Defense Forces strikes on schools, where hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 10th August. UN human rights office in Geneva on Friday called for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior officials whose public statements on the Gaza conflict may promote war crimes.…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 10th August. UN human rights office on Friday voiced deep concern over reports that Iranian authorities executed at least 29 people across the country in past 2 days this week. According to…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 9th August. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday at the end of a two-day visit to Cameroon said that despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to boost…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 7th August. UN human rights office on Tuesday has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence Force strikes on schools in Gaza, which have killed at least 163 internally…