Un Rights
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Restore Internet in J&K to ‘reinstate’ freedom of expression: UN rights experts to India
India | May 11, 2017, 08:24 PM ISTTwo 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 | Sep 14, 2016, 07:20 PM ISTExpressing 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 | Sep 17, 2015, 10:46 PM ISTColombo: 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 | Aug 07, 2015, 05:07 AM ISTNew 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, 11:55 PM ISTColombo: 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 | Oct 30, 2012, 09:43 AM ISTColombo, 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