India dismisses US human rights report as “deeply biased”
New Delhi, India Reuters New Delhi said on Thursday it does not attach any value to a US State Department report critical of human rights in India, and called it deeply biased. The annual human rights assessment released earlier this week found “significant” abuses in India’s north-eastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, […]
Blinken says genocide in Xinjiang is ongoing in report ahead of China visit
Washington DC, US Reuters Beijing is continuing to commit genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in its western Xinjiang province, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a report published on Monday, ahead of his planned visit to China this week. The State Department’s annual human rights report, which […]
US rights report on India cites abuses in Manipur, harassment of media and minorities
Washington DC, US Reuters The US State Department’s annual human rights assessment found “significant” abuses in India’s north-eastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, journalists and dissenting voices in the rest of the country. Manipur has seen fierce fighting between its tribal Kuki-Zo and majority Meitei populations after a court order a year […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will fight any sanctions on army battalions
Jerusalem Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would fight against sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged rights violations, after media reports said Washington was planning such a step. Axios news site on Saturday reported that Washington was planning to impose sanctions on Israel’s Netzah Yehuda battalion, which […]
Essay: Easter 2024 in the Holy Land – a holiday marked by Palestinian Christian sorrow
RONI ABUSAAD, a human rights scholar and Christian Palestinian who grew up in Bethlehem, reflects on what Easter looks like for some this year…
North Korean defectors seek more UN monitoring of abuses
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters North Koreans defectors spoke at a UN event in Geneva on Friday to expose human rights violations in a country one of them described as “hell” and to advocate for a strengthened UN mandate to investigate and document them. The defectors came to the UN in Geneva where diplomats say the UN […]
UN rights chief says China committing violations in Xinjiang, Tibet
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Monday called on China to implement recommendations to amend laws that violate fundamental rights, including in the Xinjiang and Tibet regions. Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority that numbers around 10 million in the western region of […]
Nicaragua accused of violations “tantamount to crimes against humanity” by UN experts
San Jose, Costa Rica Reuters Nicaragua’s government committed human rights violations that amount to “crimes against humanity”, a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thursday. The report called for President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President, Rosario Murillo, to be “held accountable by the international community” for […]
Returning Syrian refugees face abduction, sexual abuse: UN
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Syrian refugees who fled the war are facing gross human rights violations such as torture and abduction on their return home while women are subject to sexual harassment and violence, the UN human rights office said in a report on Tuesday. More than 12 years after Syria’s conflict began there are still […]
UN report deplores “rapid deterioration” of rights in West Bank
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A United Nations report published on Thursday deplored what it called a “rapid deterioration” of human rights in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and urged Israeli authorities to end violence against the Palestinian population there. The report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said 300 Palestinians had been […]