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Taliban Calls UN Special Envoy For Human Rights In Afghanistan Unnecessary
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary".
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Joe Biden Nominates North Korea Human Rights Envoy, First Since 2017
The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
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UN Rights Chief Under Spell Of China Propaganda, Allege Activists
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the United Nations human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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"Discussed Use Of Sedition, Anti-Terror Laws With India": EU Rights Envoy
EU special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore said on Friday that in his meetings with the Indian government he has discussed issues such as the use of sedition and anti-terrorism laws, condition of minorities, communal violence.
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Will Work Towards Improving Bilateral Trade: Biden's Pick For Envoy To India
US President Joe Biden's ambassadorial nominee to India Eric Garcetti has assured the influential Indian-American community that he will work towards improving bilateral trade and underlined the importance of human rights and pluralism.
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UN Chief To China's Leaders: Allow 'Credible' Visit By Human Rights Envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible visit" to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said.
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Will "Actively Raise" Human Rights: Joe Biden's Pick For Envoy To India
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday was questioned by lawmakers weighing his nomination to become the ambassador to India.
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India Gets Re-Elected To UN Human Rights Council With Overwhelming Majority
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi''s envoy here describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country''s strong roots
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UK Bans Chinese Envoy From Parliament, Beijing Condemns "Cowardly" Move
China's Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang has been barred from the UK Parliament over sanctions imposed on some British MPs for their remarks on alleged human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang.
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India Will Promote Democracy, Human Rights At United Nations: Envoy
India will promote fundamental values like human rights and development and reinforce multilateralism, while underlining the need for greater cooperation in the Nations Security Council (UNSC), India's envoy to the United Nations has said as the country begins its two-year tenure in the powerful organ of the world body on Friday.
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Amal Clooney Quits UK Envoy Post Over Brexit Bill
Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Friday resigned her post as a UK envoy for media freedom, in protest at the government's "lamentable" decision to breach its EU divorce treaty.
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Pakistan's Talk Of "Culture Of Peace" Decoy To Divert Attention: India At UN
Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the country foments a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders and its "deplorable" human rights records and discriminatory treatment of religious minorities is a cause of "persistent concern" for the global community.
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Kashmir Well On Its Way To Normalcy, India Assures UN Rights Body
India on Tuesday flatly rejected Pakistan's claims of largescale human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, assuring the international community that the situation in the region has vastly improved in the weeks following the scrapping of its special status.
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US Won't Allow Human Rights To Be "Cheapened" By UN Body: Nikki Haley
Terming the Human Rights Council as the United Nations' "greatest failure", US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has alleged that the institution has provided cover for the world's most inhumane regimes as she defended the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from it.
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With 'America First,' President Trump Mutes US Voice On Human Rights In Asia
Just days after the killing of a prominent Cambodian government critic last year during a crackdown by the country's longtime leader, President Barack Obama dispatched Washington's chief human rights envoy to Phnom Penh to attend the activist's funeral.
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Taliban Calls UN Special Envoy For Human Rights In Afghanistan Unnecessary
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary".
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Joe Biden Nominates North Korea Human Rights Envoy, First Since 2017
The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
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UN Rights Chief Under Spell Of China Propaganda, Allege Activists
Beijing's propaganda machine has outwitted the United Nations human rights chief on her visit to China, campaigners say, leaving the envoy accused of playing a role in whitewashing abuses against minorities in Xinjiang.
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"Discussed Use Of Sedition, Anti-Terror Laws With India": EU Rights Envoy
EU special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore said on Friday that in his meetings with the Indian government he has discussed issues such as the use of sedition and anti-terrorism laws, condition of minorities, communal violence.
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Will Work Towards Improving Bilateral Trade: Biden's Pick For Envoy To India
US President Joe Biden's ambassadorial nominee to India Eric Garcetti has assured the influential Indian-American community that he will work towards improving bilateral trade and underlined the importance of human rights and pluralism.
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UN Chief To China's Leaders: Allow 'Credible' Visit By Human Rights Envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Chinese leaders on Saturday that he expected authorities to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible visit" to the country, including Xinjiang, the United Nations said.
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Will "Actively Raise" Human Rights: Joe Biden's Pick For Envoy To India
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday was questioned by lawmakers weighing his nomination to become the ambassador to India.
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India Gets Re-Elected To UN Human Rights Council With Overwhelming Majority
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi''s envoy here describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country''s strong roots
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UK Bans Chinese Envoy From Parliament, Beijing Condemns "Cowardly" Move
China's Ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang has been barred from the UK Parliament over sanctions imposed on some British MPs for their remarks on alleged human rights violations against Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang.
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India Will Promote Democracy, Human Rights At United Nations: Envoy
India will promote fundamental values like human rights and development and reinforce multilateralism, while underlining the need for greater cooperation in the Nations Security Council (UNSC), India's envoy to the United Nations has said as the country begins its two-year tenure in the powerful organ of the world body on Friday.
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Amal Clooney Quits UK Envoy Post Over Brexit Bill
Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Friday resigned her post as a UK envoy for media freedom, in protest at the government's "lamentable" decision to breach its EU divorce treaty.
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Pakistan's Talk Of "Culture Of Peace" Decoy To Divert Attention: India At UN
Hitting out at Pakistan, India has said the country foments a "culture of violence" at home and across its borders and its "deplorable" human rights records and discriminatory treatment of religious minorities is a cause of "persistent concern" for the global community.
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Kashmir Well On Its Way To Normalcy, India Assures UN Rights Body
India on Tuesday flatly rejected Pakistan's claims of largescale human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, assuring the international community that the situation in the region has vastly improved in the weeks following the scrapping of its special status.
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US Won't Allow Human Rights To Be "Cheapened" By UN Body: Nikki Haley
Terming the Human Rights Council as the United Nations' "greatest failure", US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has alleged that the institution has provided cover for the world's most inhumane regimes as she defended the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from it.
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With 'America First,' President Trump Mutes US Voice On Human Rights In Asia
Just days after the killing of a prominent Cambodian government critic last year during a crackdown by the country's longtime leader, President Barack Obama dispatched Washington's chief human rights envoy to Phnom Penh to attend the activist's funeral.
