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    UAE participates in Conference of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions in Cairo

    30 Jul 2023

    During the opening session, Egypt took over the rotating presidency of the ANNHRI. Ambassador Moushira Khattab, President of the National Council of Human Rights (NCHR), took over the presidency of ANNHRI from Ahmed Salem, former chairman of the network.

    N.Korea warns US could pay dearly for human rights criticism

    21 Dec 2019

    North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington’s “verbal abuse” would only aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state news agency KCNA reported.

    China senior diplomat says US relations at ‘new crossroads’

    02 Jan 2021

    Relations between the world’s two biggest economies have come under increasing strain amid a series of disputes over trade, human rights and the origins of COVID-19. In its latest move, the United States blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies it said had ties to the military.

    Pakistan must act to end forced child marriage: UN experts

    16 Jan 2023

    "We are deeply troubled to hear that girls as young as 13 are being kidnapped from their families, trafficked to locations far from their homes, made to marry men sometimes twice their age, and coerced to convert to Islam," the experts said.

    West links Afghan humanitarian aid to human rights

    26 Jan 2022

    On the final day of the Taliban's first official trip to Europe since returning to power in August, the fundamentalists held talks behind closed doors with several Western diplomats.

    Human Rights chief to step down after nearly 3 decades

    26 Apr 2022

    "I had the great privilege to spend nearly 30 years building an organization that has become a leading force in defending the rights of people around the world," said Roth, who joined as deputy director in 1987.

    VIDEO: Iranian women take off their headscarves during protest, at least 50 dead

    24 Sep 2022

    The Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) said the rise in the toll came after six people died after being attacked by security forces in the town of Rezvanshahr, in the northern province of Gilan, on Thursday evening.

    UN rights chief begins landmark China trip from Monday

    24 May 2022

    After years of requesting "meaningful and unfettered" access to far-western Xinjiang, Michelle Bachelet will finally stage a six-day mission to China starting Monday, her office said.

    Of family dynamics and forced marriage

    05 Feb 2020

    Measures designed to counter forced marriage and bring to justice those who seek to force others into marriage are becoming increasingly visible in British criminal justice.

    Talking about racism can help end the scourge

    26 Feb 2020

    Inside a correctional facility last year, men sat segregated in a large room — black men, white men, Latino men, Asian men. When they were asked to converse

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