7 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern about what it said is disproportionate…
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6 January 2014 – A senior United Nations official has welcomed a decision by Nepal’s top court against granting amnesty…
6 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, saddened by the deadly violence that marred parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, has today…
6 January 2014 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today applauded China for its first public effort to crackdown…
3 January 2014 – A United Nations independent human rights expert urged restraint by all sides today after military police…
Dozens of journalists protested Saturday in Malaysia against the suspension of a weekly magazine, urging the Southeast Asian nation to allow greater press freedom. The Heat stopped publication last month after the Home Ministry suspended it, saying…
31 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the presidential pardon granted in Myanmar to political…
31 December 2013 – Concerned about ongoing protests in Cambodia which have virtually shut down the garment industry, the United…
29 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack that occurred at the…
27 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Cambodian authorities to continue to exercise restraint…