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09 Mar 2018

India hits back at Pak in UN, says 'terrorism violation of human rights'

"Terrorism is the most fundamental violation of human rights and we overlook its egregiousness at our own peril," said New Delhi.

11 Sep 2017

UN rights boss sees possible 'crimes against humanity' in Venezuela

Last month, Zeid`s office said that Venezuela`s security forces had committed extensive and apparently deliberate human rights violations in crushing anti-government protests and that democracy was "barely alive".

06 Jun 2017

UN accuses IS of executing 163 civilians in Mosul on June 1

IS seized Mosul in 2014, and the operation that began last October to retake the city has pushed hundreds of thousands of residents to flee their homes.

14 Dec 2016

Aleppo bombardment most likely war crime: UN

Syria`s government forces and their allies have almost certainly violated international law and probably committed war crimes by the latest bombardment of civilians hoping to be evacuated from eastern Aleppo, the UN human rights chief said on Wednesday.

04 Aug 2016

South Sudan security forces killed, raped civilians: UN

Government security forces in South Sudan executed civilians and gang raped women and girls during and after heavy fighting last month in the capital Juba, the United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday.

15 Jan 2016

UN reports gang-rapes, mass graves in Burundi

The United Nations has documented cases of Burundi`s security forces gang-raping women during searches of opposition supporters` houses and heard witness testimony of mass graves, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein said on Friday.

15 Sep 2015

Sri Lankan Tamils reject wartime truth commission

Sri Lanka`s minority Tamils Tuesday rejected government plans for a truth commission to promote reconciliation after decades of ethnic war, insisting on an international inquiry.

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