UN Human Rights Office has stressed 'open access to communication & information is key to free & genuine elections'.

The United Arab Emirates has provided US$1.5 million in Voluntary financial contributions to support the activities and programmes of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...

"True equality at the workplace can be achieved only with the right impetus given to disability rights as a facet of ...

Syrian government forces and local Bedouin and Druze armed groups are responsible for grave abuses during clashes in Syria’s ...

Uganda was on edge as it headed for elections on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule ...

Sri Lanka has sold 13,575 million rupees of treasury bills offered on tap at average rates of 7.95 percent and 8.48 percent, ...

G7 warns Iran that continued violent repression of nationwide protests could trigger new sanctions, citing mass casualties ...

A new United Nations report about sexual violence related to Sri Lanka’s civil war is another step forward in the struggle ...

Hundreds of troops have begun leaving the Al Udeid Air Base as President Donald Trump considers a range of options in ...

Demonstrations that began as outrage over the economy are facing a brutal crackdown as President Trump weighs military action ...

The family of an Iranian protester sentenced to death is pleading for Donald Trump to step in and prevent his execution.

UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to lift ongoing restrictions on human rights defenders who have been released from detention, in line with international human rights standards.  The ...