China rejects UN recommendations on human rights, ignites criticism

Jun 26, 2024

This rejection, announced on June 11, 2024, in response to the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) conducted by the United Nations in January 2024, is...

Israel targets Hamas strongholds, rejects UN criticism over aid

Jun 04, 2025

The Israel Defence Forces said troops eliminated multiple terrorists and destroyed weapons depots, ammunition storage facilities, and underground terror infrastructure throughout Gaza over the...

UN rights chief not to seek second term after criticism over China visit

Jun 13, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], June 13 : Amid the controversy surrounding her recent China visit, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has decided...

China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xinjiang report

Aug 30, 2025

Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the...

UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women

May 08, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 : UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to...

Taliban's restrictions on women in Afghanistan receive global criticism at UNGA session

Oct 20, 2023

The restrictions imposed on the Afghan women under the Taliban regime received heavy criticism from the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations,...