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  Restore Internet in J&K to ‘reinstate’ freedom of expression: UN rights experts to India

  India | May 11, 2017 20:24 IST

  Two United Nations human rights experts today urged the government to restore the services in Jammu and Kashmir and "reinstate" freedom of expression.

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  UN rights chief expresses concern, says international probe into Kashmir violence crucial

  World | September 14, 2016 19:20 IST

  Expressing concern over violence-hit Kashmir, the UN Human Rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein said that it is crucial to establish an independent, impartial and international mission to assess the situation of valley. "I believe

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  Sri Lanka undecided on hybrid court; to launch domestic probe

  World | September 17, 2015 22:46 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka today said it will go ahead with a domestic mechanism next month to probe war crimes during final phase of the battle against the LTTE but stopped short of backing a hybrid

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  No change in position on supporting Palestinian cause: Government

  India | August 07, 2015 5:07 IST

  New Delhi:  India on Thursday insisted that there was no change in its long-standing position on supporting the Palestinian cause and that the abstention from voting on a resolution adopted at the UN rights body

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  Lanka hires Pakistan lawyer for UN rights probe

  World | May 18, 2014 23:55 IST

  Colombo: Faced with an impending UN inquiry, the Sri Lankan government has hired a prominent Pakistani lawyer to defend itself over its human rights record and alleged war crimes, a media report said here today. 

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  Lanka bracing to face UN rights review

  World | October 30, 2012 9:43 IST

  Colombo, Oct 30: Sri Lanka will undergo a periodical scrutiny of the United Nations' human rights body that will review its progress on the rights front and might pose tough questions on the issue of