Rights Chief

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 3rd April. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called for the fighting and occupation of Ukraine to end, so the country can begin “healing the deep wounds and painful divisions” caused…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Dec. UN rights chief Volker Türk on Friday voiced his deep concerns over the rising threat of famine across the Gaza Strip as the Security Council prepared to vote on a new draft…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 13th Sept. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said that hundreds have died in ethnically motivated attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau WASHINGTON DC, 24th June. UN rights chief Volker Türk on Friday said that Tunisia “vague” legislation is being used to criminalize independent journalism and suppress criticism of the Government, in a…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 10th May. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday call the Iranian authorities to abolish the death penalty or halt all executions as the “frightening” number of 200 executions carried out…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Matilda Bogner on Tuesday told the reporters in Geneva about disturbing testimonies on the high number of civilians killed to…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk said on Wednesday that perpetrators behind deadly violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state must be brought to justice. 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the forced returns of refugees and migrants to Myanmar, in light of the ongoing situation in the country.

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 26th July. UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday called for a strong international response after the executions of four pro-democracy activists by Myanmar military junta, in a In a…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 27th May. UN human rights official Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday met with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials in Beijing and had a valuable opportunity” to highlight…