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OIC raises Kashmir dispute at UNHRC session, India reacts

Speaking at the High-Level Segment of the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Secretary-General of the...

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India

India abstains from UN vote to probe Iran’s alleged human rights violations

India on Thursday abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution to set up a fact-finding mission to...

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News

UN body petitioned over ongoing detention of Khurram Parvez

On the first-year anniversary of prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez’s arrest and detention, four human rights organisations have submitted a...

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Jammu & Kashmir

4,484 custodial deaths in last 2 years in India, second highest in JK: GoI

New Delhi: In India, a total of 4,484 deaths in police custody were reported and 233 in police operations in the last...

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News

India abstains from voting in UNGA to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council

India and 57 other countries on Thursday abstained in the United Nations General Assembly on a vote with regard to the suspension...

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Conflict

UN Rights Council votes for urgent debate on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday voted to hold an urgent debate about Russia’s invasion...

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UN expresses concern over ‘intimidation’ of Kashmiri journalists

Expressing concern over the alleged arbitrary detention and intimidation of journalists covering the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the United Nations Human...