Tag: un
France’s Niqab Ban Violates Human Rights, UN Committee Rules
The United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled last week that France's banning of the niqab, an Islamic veil that covers the entire body except...
UN Alarmed by Thailand’s Treatment of Human Rights Activists
A report by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has named Thailand as one of 38 countries with alarming and shameful attitudes toward human rights...
Rights Group Calling on UN to Ban the Use of ‘Killer...
Amnesty International has joined other rights groups--including Human Rights Watch--in calling for the United Nations to institute an outright international ban on the use...
UN Unlawfully Cites Federal Treaty Supremacy in Marijuana Laws
The head of the United Nations drug "watchdog" agency is calling on the United States federal government to blog states' legislation allowing the use...
UN Set to Impose Worldwide Regulations on Guns
United Nations leaders are proposing a treaty to restrict firearms worldwide. In March, the UN General Assembly will gather in New York City to review...
Activists Charged in Burma
Irawaddy | Thirteen peace activists in Burma have been charged by police and could face jail time for leading marches to mark the UN’s...
Cambodia Releases Former Khmer Rouge Leader
The Guardian | Cambodia's war crimes tribunal set free a former leader of the Khmer Rouge on Sunday, upholding a decision that has outraged...
Cambodia Genocide Defendant Ruled Unfit for Trial
The Wall Street Journal | One of the leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime will be set free after a court in Cambodia...
Muslims in London Mosque on Massacre in Burma
The Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have faced systematic slaughter, rape, and mass arrest. Many nationals of Myanmar are demanding that the minority groups be...
Anti-Rohingya Demonstrations by Buddhist Monks
Hundreds of Buddhists monks in Myanmar have staged an anti-Rohingya rally in support of sending the minority group to another country.
Many of the monks criticized...
