FM Qureshi departs for Pakistan after successful three-day Geneva trip
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called for an immediate lifting of curfew from Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK), as he departed after a three-day trip.
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India has transformed occupied Kashmir into planet’s largest prison, FM Qureshi tells UNHRC
FM Qureshi has said that the UN Human Rights Council should urge India to immediately lift the curfew
PM Imran urges UNHRC to probe human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir
Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Monday demanded of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to immediately set up an independent investigation commission to probe human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir.
Bangladesh says agreed with Myanmar for UNHCR to assist Rohingya’s return
DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take help from the U.N. refugee agency to safely repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Saturday.
More than 600,000 Rohingya sought sanctuary in Bangladesh after the military in mostly Buddhist Myanmar launched a brutal counter-insurgency operation in their villages across the northern parts of Rakhine State following attacks by Rohingya militants on an army base and…
Syria has become ‘torture chamber’: UN rights chief
GENEVA: The UN rights chief warned Tuesday that a "tidal wave of bloodshed" over more than six years of war in Syria had effectively turned the country into a "torture chamber".
"As the conflict enters its seventh year, this is the worst man-made disaster the world has seen since World War II," said Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
More than 320,000 people have been killed and millions forced to flee their homes since the conflict erupted in March 2011, as protests against President…
Pakistan highlights Kashmir issue at UNHRC session in Geneva
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Tehmina Janjua has called for a free and fair plebiscite for Kashmir as enshrined in the United Nations Charter and the UN Security Council resolutions.
Pakistan welcomes UNHRC request to visit Indian-occupied Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed United Nation Human Rights Commissioner's request for a visit by a fact-finding Mission to Indian Occupied Kashmir to assess human rights situation.