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Geneva: World Sindhi Congress protests over illegal canals on Indus River at UN Human Rights Council session
Geneva, March 20: World Sindhi Congress held a huge protest to voice their concerns over the construction of illegal canals along the Indus River during the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council at Geneva, and draw attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan's Sindh.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights voices concern over restrictions in China
Geneva, March 3: At the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivered a powerful statement, underscoring urgent human rights issues in China.
Humanitarian crisis worsens amid fighting upsurge in eastern Congo: UN
United Nations, Feb 27: Humanitarian crisis is worsening as violence escalated in three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN humanitarians said.
UN report accuses North Korea of home searches, execution by firing squad
Seoul, Jan 6: The U.N. has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside information and subsequent public trials, including execution by firing squad.
UN human rights experts urge China to address human rights violations in Tibet and East Turkestan
Dharamshala, January 22: The United Nations (UN) human rights experts have sent a letter to the Chinese government, expressing serious concerns about ongoing human rights abuses in Tibet and East Turkestan, as reported by Tibet.net.