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Dolkun Isa, President of World Uyghur Congress. Photo: EPA
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24 March 2023
China tries to block prominent Uyghur speaker at UN
View of the United Nations Headquarters building during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2021 in New York City. Photo: AFP
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27 February 2022
UN rights council set to discuss Myanmar and...
The Myanmar crisis is set for discussion at the UN Human Rights Council session beginning...
A general view taken on September 10, 2018 during the opening day of the 39th UN Council of Human Rights at the UN Offices in Geneva. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
15 October 2021
US rejoins UN Human Rights Council, years after...
The United States returned to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, three-and-a-half...
The United Nations headquarters building is seen on the East Side of Manhattan,in New York City, on June 8, 2021. Photo: AFP
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15 July 2021
Myanmar junta slams UN on Rohingya resolution
Myanmar's junta rejected on Wednesday a UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for...
People walk past the United Nations headquarters building on the East Side of Manhattan,in New York City, on June 8, 2021. Photo: AFP
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13 July 2021
UN resolution calls for reconciliation in Myanmar
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning human rights...
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks about the Reflections on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 09 December 2020. Photo: EPA
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07 July 2021
Catastrophic' Myanmar situation imperils...
The UN rights chief warned on Tuesday that the dire situation in Myanmar since its...
The United Nations flag is seen over countries flags outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 04 February 2021. Photo: EPA
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12 February 2021
UN Rights Council weighs approach to Myanmar
European countries presented a text Thursday to the UN's top rights body harshly...
A flag of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party flyes as demonstrators take part in a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, 08 February 2021. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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09 February 2021
UN Rights Council to hold special session on...
The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold a relatively rare special session this...
United Nations Headquarters' General Assembly Building (L) and Secretariat Building (R) in New York City, New York. Photo: EPA
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16 January 2021
In first, UN rights body to vote on president...
The UN Human Rights Council will this week hold an unprecedented secret ballot to pick...
High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet during the opening of 45th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 14 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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15 September 2020
UN demands action on Rakhine
Myanmar's alleged targeting of civilians in the country's Rakhine and Chin states could...
Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks to the media about the main findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 17 September 2019. Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA
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19 September 2019
UN expert implores Myanmar’s Suu Kyi: ‘open your...
A UN human rights expert has implored Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘feel...
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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18 September 2019
State Counsellor’s ‘culpability’ in Rakhine...
UN investigators called Tuesday for an expert evaluation of whether Myanmar's civilian...
Myanmar border police patrol Wei Thar Li village in Maungdaw located in Rakhine State near the border to Bangladesh on October 12, 2016 as government security forces pursue attackers. Photo: AFP
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28 September 2018
New UN panel to prepare indictments over Rakhine...
The UN Human Rights Council voted Thursday to set up a panel to prepare criminal...

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