The UN recently published a report on enforced disappearance, including a list of names that has gained considerable attention and stirred debate both nationally and globally. The debate continued when reputed human rights activist Advocate Sultana Kamal pointed out the errors in the UN report. This was followed by demeaning
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UN censures 42 nations for retaliating against human rights activists & journalists
The United Nations has singled out 42 countries (out of 193 member states) for condemnation– virtually blacklisting them– for retaliating against human rights activists and journalists If you cooperate with the United Nations and complain about human rights abuses in your home country, chances are you will find yourself either jailed,
Transforming education, transforming the world
Leaders from across the world are uniting at the UN Secretary-General’s Transforming Education Summit to address a global education crisis that threatens to derail decades of development gains and is depriving millions of girls across the world of their inherent human right to access a quality education. As we mobilize financial
Annexing a state’s territory is a violation of int’l law
The Kremlin has announced that a ceremony will take place Friday in Moscow that will launch a process of annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In this moment of peril, I must underscore my duty as Secretary-General to uphold the Charter of the United Nations. The UN
PM witnesses photo exhibition on Padma Bridge
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday visited the photo exhibition on Padma Bridge at the United Nations (UN) headquarters. She witnessed the exhibition organized on the curved wall at level-1 of the UN headquarters this afternoon, said Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary K M Shakhawat Moon. He said some foreign guests, including
PM seeks strong UN role in Rohingya repatriation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland. The premier made this call while UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi paid a
Sindh in Pakistan hit by worst flood and state persecution
In the upcoming United Nations 77th General Assembly Session scheduled from September 13 in New York, the Sindh Foundation will hold a week-long hunger strike to urge the UN to appoint a Special Envoy to probe appalling human rights abuse and persecution in the southern province of Pakistan. The ‘Sindh Hunger
UN report details Taliban abuses in Afghanistan
This week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, released his first report. It is a catalog of abuses under Taliban rule since August 2021 and their devastating impact on Afghans. The report also highlights the devastating humanitarian impact of the country’s economic crisis, caused in
The Politics of the Hangman’s Noose: Judge, Jury & Executioner
A spike in state-sanctioned executions worldwide – including in Iran, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and more recently Myanmar – has triggered strong condemnations from the United Nations and several civil rights and human rights organizations. As Covid-19 restrictions that had previously delayed judicial processes were steadily lifted in many parts of the
UN Ocean Conference ends with promises
The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) concluded on July 1 in Lisbon after a full five days of discussions and events focused on achieving a shared goal: U.N. Sustainable Development Goal No. 14 (SDG14), which aims to protect life below water. While representatives of governments, NGOs and other entities made