UN rights

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN independent investigators on Tuesday have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities including beatings, electric shocks, strangulations and gang rape a pattern of…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - Group of independent UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned Thailand  use of lèse-majesté laws to imprison activists and human rights defenders, called for the repeal or significant revision of…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem  on Tuesday has welcomed a ruling by a federal district court in the United States that reaffirms sex-based protections in education.…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 6th Sept. UN human rights office in a new report issued on Tuesday said that the members of the African diaspora continue to face immense challenges participating in public life in many…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 8th July. UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine  on Friday deplored the horrendous civilian cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which marked 500-day. The UN's Human Rights…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 4th March. UN human rights office on Friday said that the new round of prison sentences announced in Belarus signal "ongoing repression" in the country, where 1,500 people are detained on…