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India Favours UNHRC’s Resolution To Support ‘Right To Self-Determination For Palestinians’

India voted in favour of a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution supporting Palestinians' right to self-determination, but abstained from voting on a separate resolution concerning human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the need for accountability. The UNHRC adopted the latter resolution on Thursday, calling for accountability for...

Pashtuns protest at UNHRC over PTM leaders’ crackdown by Pakistan

An anti-Pakistan protest is organized by Pashtun people in front of the United Nations office to raise their concerns over the crackdown on the workers and leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). The protest was held during the 55th Sessions of the  United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), was...

About 65000 Afghan refugees return home

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that over 65,000 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Iran in the past month. The UNHCR said that the increase in refugee returns is due to a number of factors, including the improvement in security in Afghanistan and the worsening economic...

Massive fire engulfs Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazar, southern Bangladesh were left homeless after the camp fire. At least 2000 makeshift dwellings were gutted in fire at the refugees’ camp in Cox Bazar & 12,000 refugees were left homeless & forcibly displaced. 'It is likely that this fire was incidental, as...