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Collection of un human rights news, found 109 news.

Palestinians use slingshots to fight Israeli bullets

Mohammed, a 16-year-old ordinary Palestinian teenager, goes to school and studies like the other students on weekdays, ...

House speaker condemns intensive bombardments in Eastern Ghouta

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has expressed his strong condemnation over the intensive ...

UN Human Rights Commissioner highlights Rohingya crisis

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra`ad al Hussein highlighted the Rohingya crisis in ...

Indonesia ready to be mediator to settle Myanmar crisis

Vice president Jusuf Kalla said Indonesia is ready to be the mediator to bridge Islamic countries to settle crisis in ...

Indonesia calls for international protection for Al-Aqsa

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) members to offer ...

Foreign Ministry responds to international concerns on Ahok conviction

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to international concerns over Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnamas ...

Myanmar reiterates no ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, even as investigation go on

A senior Myanmar government official on Tuesday denied there was ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in the ...

Three killed in Burundi as toll from political violence rises

A ruling party official and two others were killed in a bar in southern Burundi, an official said on Tuesday, as the ...

UN must respect Indonesian sovereignty on death penalty

House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon reiterated that the United Nations must respect Indonesian rule of ...

Palestine blames Israel on resignation of UN special rapporteur

HAMAS, the Palestinian authorities in Gaza, has blamed Israel on the resignation of Dr Makarim Wibisono, the United ...

Faced with Israeli denial of access to occupied Palestine, Makarim Wibisono resigns

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian territories is ...

RI reiterates commitment to promote human rights through UN

Indonesia has reiterated its commitment to promoting and protecting human rights through the UN Human Rights Council, ...

President Jokowi reiterates commitment on human rights

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reiterated here on Tuesday his governments commitment to settle past human rights cases ...

UN Watchdog Slams Israel Abuses, Demands Gaza War Probe

A UN human rights watchdog on Thursday urged Israel to respect the rights of Palestinians, and demanded the country ...

Indonesia re-elected as UN Human Rights Council member

Indonesia has been re-elected to a fourth-term as a member of the UN Human Rights Council under the UN General ...