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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis seize UN human rights office in Sanaa amid regional tensions
World | Aug 13, 2024, 04:59 PM ISTYemen has launched a crackdown on people working with the UN, aid agencies and foreign offices while targeting global shipping in the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. In June, the Houthis detained more than 60 people working with the UN and other NGOs.
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'Violation of international law': UN demands release of jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
World | Jul 02, 2024, 06:28 AM ISTImran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was accused of hiding assets after selling state gifts. He has been convicted of at least 150 criminal cases and was disqualified from running in the February 8 elections.
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UN cites possible war crimes by Israel, Palestinian groups in camp raid where 4 hostages were freed
World | Jun 11, 2024, 04:47 PM ISTIsraeli forces rescued four hostages on Saturday in a raid at the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed at least 274 Palestinians. All the four hostages were kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, which began the eight-month-long war.
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Army Chief General Rawat dismisses UN report on alleged rights violations in Kashmir, calls it 'motivated'
India | Jun 27, 2018, 07:26 PM ISTThe human rights record of the Indian Army, he said, was well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community.
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'All-out assault on democracy' in Maldives: UN human rights chief
World | Feb 07, 2018, 11:17 PM ISTUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al- Hussein said the restrictions "create a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of the president."
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Jordanian is new UN human rights chief
World | Jun 17, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTUnited Nations: The UN General Assembly has approved the nomination of Jordan's UN ambassador, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, as the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a media report said Tuesday.Zeid al-Hussein was