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UN report claims that India, Pakistan failed to improve situation in Kashmir, MEA terms it 'false and motivated narrative'

The UN claimed on Monday that India and Pakistan have failed to improve the situation in Kashmir and have not taken any concrete steps to address the concerns raised in an earlier report.

UN human rights chief strongly condemns Pulwama terror attack, 'calls on authorities to bring those responsible to justice'

The top United Nations human rights official has strongly condemned last week's suicide bomb attack against Indian security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir calling on authorities to bring those responsible to justice.

UN experts express concern over Bhima Koregaon raids: Is the United Nations even relevant today?

An existential crisis seems to be dogging the United Nations in its 73rd year of existence.

UN experts call on Indian government to protect journalist Rana Ayyub from online hate campaign

UN human rights experts have called on Indian authorities to protect journalist Rana Ayyub, who has received death threats following an online hate campaign

Sri Lanka: 'Brutal torture', abduction of Tamils continued after 2009, says UN report

A United Nations committee has expressed concern that abductions and "brutal" torture of Tamils has continued in Sri Lanka even though more than seven years have passed since the civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in the island nation

HRD ministry diktat on limiting sex education violates children's Fundamental Right to Life

The HRD Ministry has violated international law and the Fundamental Right to Life of Indian children, guaranteed by the Constitution of India, with its diktat on limiting sex education among adolescent children in India, writes Ajay Singh

Former Maldives President Nasheed's return to a jail a setback for human rights: UN

The return to prison of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is a setback for human rights in the country, the UN said Tuesday, calling on the island nation's government to consider his early release.