UNHRC

India Decides to Not To Communicate with UN Special Reporters About Reports on Violations in Kashmir

UN Human Rights Office Scraps Indian Media’s Accusations Against Report on Kashmir

Sikh Human Rights Group (SHRG) Raises Issue of Sikh Political Prisoners at UN HRC

US Quits United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

India should Act on UN Rights Report on Kashmir: Human Rights Watch

South Asia Solidarity Group Welcomes UN Report on Human Rights Situation in Kashmir

UN HRO Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir [Full Report]

First-ever UN HRO Report on Kashmir Shows Mirror to India and Pakistan on Human Rights Abuses

Senior Punjab Police Officers Allegedly Involved in Torturing British Citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

Hand Written Letter of Jagtar Singh Jaggi Narrating Custodial Torture by Punjab Police

Indian Police Threatened to Burn Me Alive During Torture: says Arrested Scottish Sikh Jagtar Singh Jaggi

UN Experts Call on India to Protect Journalist Rana Ayyub from Online Hate Campaign

Impunity, Discrimination Aand Repression Of Dissent, India’s human rights review at the UN

Will Drag India To UN Human Rights Councils, Says African Envoys

Burmese army raped, killed in Rohingya ethnic cleansing: UN Report

Kashmiri delegation praises UN Human Rights chief for censuring India

SFJ files torture complaint to UNHRC against Punjab police IG Alok Nath Angra

UNHRC defers Sri Lanka war crime report by six month

Human Rights NGOs Present Report on June 1984 Indian Army attack on Darbar Sahib to UNHRC

Dutch Socialist Party MP “Bommel” declaration petition Sikh massacre 1984

Netherlands MP supports “Sikh Genocide 1984” UN complaint

Sikh Genocide 1984 Petition to be submitted to UN on 1 Nov

Pressure mounts on France against ban on Sikh Dastars/turbans

Sikhs win Turban Case against France at the United Nations

Sikhs Win School Turban Ban Case Against France in the United Nations Human Rights Committee

UNHRC

Interfaith Human Rights and Activist Groups Write To US and UN for Safety of Afghan Sikhs

April 10, 2020

A number of interfaith human rights and activists groups have written to United States Embassy (Kabul) Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Afghanistan about persecution of Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Moves Indian Supreme Court Against CAA

March 4, 2020

The office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Punjab Based Sikh Groups Writes to UNHRC on Human Rights Situation in Kashmir

September 11, 2019

Dal Khalsa, a Punjab based pro-freedom Sikh groups has once again raised its concerns over situation of human rights in Kashmir. Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh has written an open letter to UNHRC Commissioner Ms Michelle Bachelet Jeria.

Issue of Lynchings of Muslims and Dalits in India Raised in UN Human Rights Council

July 8, 2019

The issue of lynchings of Muslims and Dalits in Indian subcontinent by Hindutva elements was raised in United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir

May 21, 2019

The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) yesterday (on May 20) released the first comprehensive report on torture in Jammu and Kashmir titled Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir.

India Decides to Not To Communicate with UN Special Reporters About Reports on Violations in Kashmir

May 21, 2019

Angry over a submission from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) on the massive human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir, the Indian state has reportedly informed the United Nations body that it will no longer entertain any communication with the HRC’s Special Rapporteurs on its report.

UN Human Rights Office Scraps Indian Media’s Accusations Against Report on Kashmir

July 19, 2018

Office of the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner has responded to Indian media's accusations against UN human rights body's report on Kashmir.

Sikh Human Rights Group (SHRG) Raises Issue of Sikh Political Prisoners at UN HRC

July 3, 2018

In a written statement issued few days back Dr. Jasdev Singh Rai, director of Sikh Human Rights Group, said that he raised the issue of political prisoners at the 38th Session of Human Rights Council at Geneva under agenda 3.

US Quits United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

June 21, 2018

United States of America (USA) has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council accusing it of "chronic bias" against Israel, in a move that was criticised by human rights groups and described as regrettable by foreign leaders.

India should Act on UN Rights Report on Kashmir: Human Rights Watch

June 19, 2018

The Indian government should immediately act on the recommendations in the first-ever report by the United Nations on human rights in Kashmir, Human Rights Watch said.

South Asia Solidarity Group Welcomes UN Report on Human Rights Situation in Kashmir

June 19, 2018

South Asia Solidarity Group, a Human Rights body base din England, has welcomed the first ever report by the UN on the human rights situation in Kashmir.

UN HRO Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir [Full Report]

June 16, 2018

There is an urgent need to address past and ongoing human rights violations and abuses and deliver justice for all people in Kashmir, who for seven decades have suffered a conflict that has claimed or ruined numerous lives, a report by the UN Human Rights Office published on Thursday says.

First-ever UN HRO Report on Kashmir Shows Mirror to India and Pakistan on Human Rights Abuses

June 15, 2018

There is an urgent need to address past and ongoing human rights violations and abuses and deliver justice for all people in Kashmir, UN Human Rights Office report.

Senior Punjab Police Officers Allegedly Involved in Torturing British Citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

June 13, 2018

It is learnt that names of senior Punjab police officers, including a DIG and two SSPs are also involved in relation to alleged torture on arrested Scottish Sikh citizen Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi.

Hand Written Letter of Jagtar Singh Jaggi Narrating Custodial Torture by Punjab Police

June 10, 2018

Two hand-written pages of a letter purportedly written by Jagtar Singh Jaggi, a Scottish Sikh detailed by the police and NIA in Indian subcontinent, is released by UK based campaigners.

Indian Police Threatened to Burn Me Alive During Torture: says Arrested Scottish Sikh Jagtar Singh Jaggi

June 10, 2018

A Scottish Sikh from Dumbarton who went to India to get married has been held in an Indian jail for nearly 220 days without charge and it has now been revealed that Indian police officers not only tortured him, but brought in petrol into the interrogation room and threatened to burn him alive.

UN Experts Call on India to Protect Journalist Rana Ayyub from Online Hate Campaign

May 24, 2018

UN human rights experts are calling on the authorities in India to act urgently to protect journalist Rana Ayyub, who has received death threats following an online hate campaign.

Impunity, Discrimination Aand Repression Of Dissent, India’s human rights review at the UN

May 4, 2017

Amnesty International a UK based human rights group here on Thursday (4th May) will table a report at the UN Human Rights Council.

Will Drag India To UN Human Rights Councils, Says African Envoys

April 4, 2017

In the back drop of recent racial attack upon the African students in a mall at greater Noida area of the Delhi NCR region the envoys from African countries stationed here in New Delhi today said that they would take India to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nation.

Burmese army raped, killed in Rohingya ethnic cleansing: UN Report

February 4, 2017

The Human Rights wing of the United Nation in its assembly session in Geneva on Friday tabled a report upon the mass atrocities committed

Kashmiri delegation praises UN Human Rights chief for censuring India

September 16, 2016

The strong statement by the top UN diplomat for human rights on India’s role in occupied Kashmir continues to resonate internationally.

SFJ files torture complaint to UNHRC against Punjab police IG Alok Nath Angra

August 19, 2016

A US based Sikh activists group, Sikhs For Justice, has filed a complaint filed with United Nations Human Rights Commission against top police officers of Punjab, including I.G. Lok Nath Angra.

UNHRC defers Sri Lanka war crime report by six month

February 17, 2015

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday explained his recommendation to the Human Rights Council to delay the consideration of a long-awaited report into alleged human rights violations during the conflict in Sri Lanka for six months until September 2015.

Human Rights NGOs Present Report on June 1984 Indian Army attack on Darbar Sahib to UNHRC

June 24, 2014

According to a press release (dt. June 21, 2014) by Sikhs For Justice (SJF), [d]uring the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the US based human rights NGO’s presented a report and statement about the June 1984 military invasion of and massacre at Golden Temple. The report was tabled during Council's session on "Interactive Dialogue On International Solidarity".

Dutch Socialist Party MP “Bommel” declaration petition Sikh massacre 1984

November 18, 2013

New York (November 17, 2013): Harry van Bommel Member of Parliament for the Socialist Party in The Netherlands issued a declaration supporting the pending “1984 Sikh Genocide” complaint before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Netherlands MP supports “Sikh Genocide 1984” UN complaint

November 18, 2013

New York, US (November 17, 2013): Harry van Bommel Member of Parliament for the Socialist Party in The Netherlands issued a declaration supporting the pending “1984 Sikh Genocide” complaint before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Sikh Genocide 1984 Petition to be submitted to UN on 1 Nov

October 17, 2013

Jalandhar/ Ludhaina, Punjab (October 17, 2013): It is learnt that on the occasion of 29th anniversary of Sikh Genocide 1984, a petition signed by around a million Sikhs throughout world, will be filed with the United Nations in Geneva on November 1, 2013. The Sikh Genocide Petition will be handed to Navi Pillay, UN human rights chief by a delegation of rights group “Sikhs for Justice” (SFJ), All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) and Gurudwara representatives from Europe and North America.

Pressure mounts on France against ban on Sikh Dastars/turbans

October 11, 2013

Paris, France (October 11, 2013): The recent decision of United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) holding the requirement that Sikh men remove their turban before having a passport photograph taken in France is a threat to religious freedom is a major victory for Sikh diaspora regarding turban ban by French authorities. This decision is believed to mount pressure on French authorities to recognize and allow the Sikhs to wear the turban/dastar freely.

Sikhs win Turban Case against France at the United Nations

October 8, 2013

Paris, France (October 08, 2013): It is learnt that the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded that France has violated the religious freedom of 57 year old Shingara Mann Singh when he was asked to remove his turban for his passport photograph.

Sikhs Win School Turban Ban Case Against France in the United Nations Human Rights Committee

December 15, 2012

Paris, France, 14 Dec 2012 – The UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that France's ban on the wearing of "conspicuous" religious symbols in schools - introduced in a law adopted in March 2004 - violated a Sikh student's right to manifest his religion, protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In a decision that was sent out this week to the United Sikhs legal team, in relation to a complaint made by Bikramjit Singh in 2008, the Committee accepted that the wearing of a turban is regarded as a religious duty for a Sikh and is also tied in with his identity; and that France had not justified the prohibition on the wearing of the turban.

UNHRC

Like Our Facebook Page:

Podcast

Advertisement

Latest Five

Advertisement

Sikh Genocide 1984

Advertisement

World News

Politics - news & updates

Advertisement

General News & Update