Un Rights Watchdog

Pakistan must address a catalogue of human rights failings including state-sponsored abductions and a death penalty that amounts to torture, but its national watchdog is muzzled, the UN Human Rights Committee said on Thursday.

Pakistan's rights watchdog today expressed "grave apprehensions" over the prevailing human rights and security situation in the country's largest city which it said has aggravated in recent months.

India has abstained at the UN Human Rights Council voting in Geneva to appoint an independent expert to look into cases of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a resolution which was passed by a narrow margin.

A UN rights watchdog group Friday rapped France over its treatment of the Roma and its failure to tackle growing hate and xenophobic speech.

The United States said on Wednesday it did not condone torture under any circumstances, but acknowledged to a UN anti-torture watchdog it had "crossed the line" following the September 11 attacks.

Israel should investigate all alleged violations committed by its forces during three recent wars in Gaza and ensure military commanders are brought to justice for any crimes, a UN human rights watchdog said on Thursday.

Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and lynching of two girls in Uttar Pradesh.

Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and murder of two girls.

Iran's new President Hassan Rowhani said that Tehran will not give up "one iota" of its nuclear rights, echoing his hardline predecessor, after the UN atomic watchdog urged improved cooperation.

Pakistan must address a catalogue of human rights failings including state-sponsored abductions and a death penalty that amounts to torture, but its national watchdog is muzzled, the UN Human Rights Committee said on Thursday.

Pakistan's rights watchdog today expressed "grave apprehensions" over the prevailing human rights and security situation in the country's largest city which it said has aggravated in recent months.

India has abstained at the UN Human Rights Council voting in Geneva to appoint an independent expert to look into cases of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a resolution which was passed by a narrow margin.

A UN rights watchdog group Friday rapped France over its treatment of the Roma and its failure to tackle growing hate and xenophobic speech.

The United States said on Wednesday it did not condone torture under any circumstances, but acknowledged to a UN anti-torture watchdog it had "crossed the line" following the September 11 attacks.

Israel should investigate all alleged violations committed by its forces during three recent wars in Gaza and ensure military commanders are brought to justice for any crimes, a UN human rights watchdog said on Thursday.

Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and lynching of two girls in Uttar Pradesh.

Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and murder of two girls.

Iran's new President Hassan Rowhani said that Tehran will not give up "one iota" of its nuclear rights, echoing his hardline predecessor, after the UN atomic watchdog urged improved cooperation.