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UN human rights' body calls Citizenship Act 'fundamentally discriminatory'

At least two persons died due to bullet injuries on Thursday after police opened fire on protesters in Guwahati, capital of Assam.

Crimes against women: Have we lived up to vow of equal rights, asks Prez

Lok-Dessallien also recalled the contribution made by Mehta, who had served as the Indian delegate to the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1947 to 1948.

Pak's foreign minister says there is risk of 'accidental war' over Kashmir

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he believed both Pakistan and India "understand the consequences of a conflict"

UNHRC disturbed about violent protests in Hong Kong, calls for restraint

She also urged embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to hold a dialogue with the people of Hong Kong, who should take an opportunity in an effort to end to the crisis "peacefully and constructively"

First for Modi govt, UNHRC to review India's human rights record

New Delhi, 2 MayThe UN Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, will examine India's human rights record on Thursday. This is part of the UN body's Universal Periodic Review started in 2008. This will be India's third review, but significantly its first during the tenure of the Narendra Modi government.Each of the 193 UN member states are reviewed for their human rights record once in four years by their peers, that is other member states. India's earlier two Universal Periodic Reviews, or UPRs, took place in April 2008 and May 2012. These had proved to be contentious, with the then Congress-led UPA governments criticized for refusing to accept recommendations.But the third review is likely to be even more testy, since it comes in the wake of increased reports of attacks on religious minorities and Dalits.India takes the UPR process seriously. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi will head the Indian delegation to Geneva.In its national report sent for the review, India has denied human rights ...

UN slams Turkey for violating rights to work and education

Turkey targeted the right of education by closing some 1,000 schools by emergency decree