Days before a US-sponsored resolution will be taken up against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, Colombo accused Washington of committing human rights abuses. ...
03:50 PM, Mar 11, 2013
India is likely to vote against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council later in March, sources said on Tuesday. The US-sponsored resolution is like to be "procedural" and will not be "intrusive remedy", the sources added. ...
06:15 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Syrian rebels battled President Bashar al Assad's forces on the edge of central Damascus on Wednesday, opposition activists said, seeking to break his grip over districts leading to the heart of the capital. ...
03:26 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Washington: Government forces in Syria are targeting women for rape and assault as the conflict between President Bashar al Assad and anti-government forces continues to escalate, according to a report released by a human rights group on Wednesday. Women Under Siege said it had documented 81 instances of sexual assault in Syria since anti-government demonstrations began in March 2011, with most occurring in the rebel stronghold of Homs, a frequent...
02:26 AM, Jul 12, 2012
Geneva: Syrian forces and pro-government militia accused of committing a massacre in Houla could face prosecution for crimes against humanity, the United Nations said on Friday and rights experts said Syrian authorities had directly ordered torture. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called again for the Security Council to refer Syria to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and for world powers to help implement Kofi...
09:48 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday said that India's decision to vote against the country on a UN resolution is not good for the island nation. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN's Senior Editor Suhasini Haidar, Kumaratunga said something "serious must have happened" that India took a decision of not supporting Sri Lanka. Here is a full transcript of the interview: Suhasini Haidar: Your views on India's vote against Sri...
02:53 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that he did not want lessons on human rights from outside; days after the UN Human Rights Council adopted a US-sponsored resolution censuring Colombo. Addressing a public gathering in the central town of Balangoda, Rajapaksa on Saturday said Sri Lanka's human rights protection was inspired by the influence of Buddhism over a period of over 2,500 years. The President said it was...
06:35 PM, Apr 01, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said India should strongly support the US-backed resolution and condemn Colombo on alleged violation of human rights in the final stages of the civil war in Sri Lanka when the issue comes up before the UN Human Rights Council. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she recalled her earlier memorandum to him last year that the state assembly had urged...
01:18 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Geneva: The United States criticised Syria's envoy for storming out of an emergency UN meeting on the crisis in his country on Tuesday, saying the walkout and a fiery speech that preceded it demonstrated the "delusional" nature of President Bashar al Assad's regime. Syria's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Fayssal al-Hamwi, had accused members of the UN Human Rights Council of promoting terrorism and prolonging the crisis in...
01:53 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Colombo, Facing an onslaught from the international community for alleged war crimes, the Sri Lankan government released a video on Wednesday which they claimed carries "authentic evidence" of LTTE's atrocities during the last phase of the military assault. The video captioned "Ruthless" claims to have recorded eye witness accounts of LTTE's child recruitment and its violence against Tamil civilians. "These are authentic evidence coming from Tamil civilians who had been...
04:09 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Tripoli: The burial of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi has been delayed until the circumstances of his death can be further examined and a decision is made about where to bury the body, Libyan officials said on Friday, as the UN human rights office called for an investigation into his death. The transitional leadership had said it would bury the dictator on Friday in accordance with Islamic tradition. Bloody images of...
05:30 PM, Oct 21, 2011
United Nations: A UN panel investigating the conflict in Libya has accused both Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime and opposition forces of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in their 15-week fight. Libyan government forces that are pitted against pro-democracy activists who have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a three member panel appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The panel also said...
11:03 AM, Jun 02, 2011
United Nations: India and 14 other countries were on Friday elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. India was not in competition for the seat since there were four countries and four seats for the Asia block. With 189 countries voting, Indonesia received 184 votes, Philippines 183, India 181 and Kuwait 166. Other countries to be elected to the Council included Burkina Faso, Botswana,...
11:33 PM, May 20, 2011
Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on the deteriorating situation in Syria on Friday, after enough states backed a US request, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The US request to convene a special session of the 47-member Geneva forum was endorsed by 16 member states including Britain, France, Japan and the United States, UN officials said in a statement. No Arab countries were among...
08:42 PM, Apr 27, 2011
