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Trump's threat to Iran crosses a line, rights experts sayPresident Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's power stations if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened. Human rights officials say this coul...
US says it pushed retraction of famine warning for north Gaza; aid groups express concernFollowing US request, a global food crisis monitoring group retracted its report on imminent famine in north Gaza due to Israel's blockade....
China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, says UNU.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who has faced criticism from some diplomats and rights groups for being too soft...
US asks China to allow UN rights chief 'unhindered' access to XinjiangHRW executive director Kenneth Roth said that rights groups have become increasingly concerned that the UN human rights office has still no...
Due to use of veto, UNSC at times failed to fulfill its responsibility to maintain peace: G-4Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Kimihiro Ishikane's made the remarks on Monday while issuing a statement on behalf ...
Twitter says it mistakenly took down accounts posting on Russian military"We've been proactively monitoring for emerging narratives that are violative of our policies, and, in this instance, we took enforcement a...
Taking the call in Gaza before Israel takes out the buildingAmid the fiercest escalation in fighting between Israelis and Palestinians since 2014, this is what Nasman said in Tuesday's call, offering...
Human Rights Watch slams China's 'appalling year' of violationsA Chinese court last month handed down a four-year jail term to a citizen-journalist who reported from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus be...
Advocacy group: Joe Biden should revamp US human rights policyKenneth Roth, the advocacy group's executive director, lamented "four years of Trump's indifference and often hostility to human rights" an...
US electoral process needs time to tabulate votes: Human Rights WatchHuman Rights Watch, in a statement, cautioned that news organisations and social media companies should be vigilant in preventing their pla...
China sanctions 11 Americans in retaliation for US moveChina on Monday sanctioned 11 Americans, including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for similar US moves prompted by Beiji...
China hits US officials with sanctions, avoids top Trump aides“In response to the U.S.’s wrong behaviors, China has decided to impose sanctions on those individuals who behaved badly on Hong Kong-relat...
China sanctions 11 US politicians, heads of organizations, says 'performed badly' on HK issuesThe number of Americans named by the ministry exactly equals the number of Hong Kong and Chinese officials placed on a sanctions list by th...
Trump, Merkel and Imran to visit WEF at DavosThe World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020, taking place on January 20-24, will focus on establishing stakeholder capitalism as a way of ...
- Soros gives $100 mn to Human Rights Watch
Billionaire George Soros said on Tuesday he is giving Human Rights Watch up to 100 million dollars to help transform it into a global organ...