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  India-Pak showdown at UN Human Rights Council today

  India | September 10, 2019 13:02 IST

  Pakistan, which has become desperate ever since the government of India abolished the special status of Jammu and Kashmir granted under Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcated the state in August, is sending its Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to get the issue raised at the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

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  Pakistan plans to raise Kashmir issue at UNHRC: Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal

  World | August 21, 2019 20:06 IST

  Mohammad Faisal said another platform available for Pakistan was to raise the issue in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's foreign ministers' meeting. Talking about the ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) by India, he said that the situation was dangerous and both sides were suffering the loss of lives.

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  India wins election to UN Human Rights Council for a period of 3 years, gets highest votes

  India | October 13, 2018 0:04 IST

  India was vying for a seat in the Asia Pacific category. Along with India, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Fiji and Philippines had also staked a claim in the same regional group.

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  India expresses regret over Kashmir issue raised at UNHRC

  World | September 12, 2018 9:56 IST

  “We regret that reference has been made to the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Our views on the matter have been made abundantly clear in the Council,” India's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva told HRC.

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  US withdraws from UNHRC, calls it 'cesspool of political bias'

  World | June 20, 2018 6:30 IST

  The announcement came after the top UN human rights official criticised Washington for separating migrant children from their parents who are seeking asylum after crossing into the country from Mexico.

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  India rejects UN report on human rights violation in Kashmir, terms it 'malicious and motivated'

  India | June 14, 2018 15:24 IST

  In response to a question on the report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on “The human rights situation in Kashmir”, the official spokesperson said: "India rejects the report. It is fallacious, tendentious and motivated. We question the intent in bringing out such a report."

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  Rohingya crisis: India asks Myanmar to show restraint, ensure refugees’ safe return

  World | October 03, 2017 11:14 IST

  India has asked Myanmar to ensure security to prevent further Rohingya exodus and encourage their safe and sustainable return from Bangladesh.

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  Help Rohingyas 'regardless of politics’, says UN after India rejects its criticism

  World | September 13, 2017 10:15 IST

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants Rohingya refugees helped "regardless of politics," his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday

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  Pakistan abducts own citizens, muzzles human rights watchdog: UN

  World | July 29, 2017 23:19 IST

  Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Kamran Michael had defended his country's record before the committee earlier this month but he failed to convince its members.

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  Pakistan supporting terror groups to destabilize Kashmir: India at UNHRC

  World | June 14, 2017 19:25 IST

  India accused Pakistan of pursuing political objectives in Kashmir, asserting that Islamabad’s continued support to terrorist groups is part of its security and foreign policy to destabilize Kashmir

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  UNHRC: 'India a secular country with no state religion'

  World | May 04, 2017 22:04 IST

  India on Thursday said it is a secular state with no state religion and safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential core of its polity.

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  Pakistan continues to illegally occupy part of our country, says India at UNHRC

  India | March 09, 2017 21:09 IST

  Speaking at the 34th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, India on Thursday has asserted that Pakistan continues to be an illegal occupant of their territory, referring to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

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  Russia, facing allegations of war crimes in Syria, ousted from UN Human Rights Council in historic vote

  World | October 30, 2016 16:53 IST

  The United Nationals General Assembly voted Russia off the UN Human Rights Council on Friday

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  Donald Trump would be 'dangerous' if elected, warns UN human rights chief

  World | October 12, 2016 21:17 IST

  United Nations human rights chief today said that US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would be dangerous from an international point of view if he is elected.

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  India corners Pakistan at UNHRC, says ‘zero tolerance’ against terror international obligation

  World | September 19, 2016 22:18 IST

  India on Monday said it firmly believes that a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism is as much an international obligation as it is a commitment to its own people.

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  India raises Balochistan, PoK issue at UN; slams Pakistan for human rights violations

  World | September 14, 2016 23:26 IST

  India on Wednesday raised the issue of human rights violations across Pakistan including Balochistan and PoK at the United Nations.

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  Pakistan urges UNHRC to send fact-finding team to Kashmir

  World | July 21, 2016 23:06 IST

  Islamabad: In an on going protest over Burhan Wani’s killing in Kashmir, Pakistan wants UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate alleged human rights violation in the Valley and urged to send a fact- finding

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  Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes: Probe panel

  World | October 21, 2015 14:40 IST

  Colombo: Allegations that the Sri Lankan army committed war crimes during the bloody conflict with Tamil rebels are “credible”, a government probe panel has said and backed UNHRC's recommendation that foreign judges should have a

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  Pranab Mukherjee's visit to deepen India, Israel friendship: President Reuven Rivlin

  World | October 07, 2015 13:56 IST

  Jerusalem: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has said that his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee's maiden visit, the first by an Indian head  state, here next week is an "important milestone" in bilateral ties and will deepen

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  India's stand at UNHRC a qualitative leap in ties: Israel

  World | July 08, 2015 21:16 IST

  Jerusalem:  Israel today hailed India's abstention at the UNHRC vote on Gaza war as a "qualitative" leap in bilateral ties that made it a "normal relation without hangups", even as India maintained that the vote