Rights expert urges India to release detained activist
GN Saibaba, a former English professor at Delhi University, was arrested in 2014 and accused of links to banned Maoist groups, according to media reports. He was sentenced to life…
Disability rights threatened by bad working conditions for carers: independent expert
Gerard Quinn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, said that “dead-end jobs, low wages, poor conditions and little room for social mobility” in the care…
Children forcibly separated from mothers at Syria’s Al Hol, warns top rights expert
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, is the first independent rights expert to gain access to…
Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert
“The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate…
You will kill someone, the expert told the company head
File photo Titan’s chief was warned not to use the submarine for commercial purposes without a license. It is revealed that the experts made it clear to Stockton Rush (Titan’s…
Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de facto authorities had “dismantled the most…
Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert
Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, insisted that current conditions there were “anything but conducive” for the return of Rohingya refugees. Death…
UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military
The report states that some “UN Member States are enabling this trade” through a combination of outright complicity, lax enforcement of existing bans, and easily circumvented sanctions, according to a…
UK: Keep calm and respect diversity, says UN expert
“I am deeply concerned about increased bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence against LGBT people, including a rampant surge in hate crimes in the UK,” said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the…
UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta
“The international community’s response to the crisis in Myanmar is failing, and that failure has contributed to a lethal downward spiral that is devastating the lives of millions of people,”…