UNHRC

Sindhi Foundation Urges UNHRC Action To Locate Abducted Minor

27 Jun 2024

The Sindhi Foundation, headquartered in Washington, DC, has appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for assistance in locating Priya Kumari, a young Sindhi Hindu girl who has been missing for three years. Sufi Munawar Laghari, the foundation's executive director, made this plea from Geneva, stating that the...

Sajjad Raja Raises Issue of Abducted Gilgit Minor at UNHRC

30 Mar 2024

At the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, Professor Sajjad Raja, the chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu and Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP-JKGBL), brought attention to the abduction of Falak Noor, a minor girl reportedly taken from Pak-occupied Gilgit two months ago. "Today people of...

Tushar Mehta to head Indian team for evolution of human rights record at UNHRC

09 Nov 2022

The Indian team that is going to participate in a periodic review of the country’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva will be heading by Solicitor general Tushar Mehta on Thursday. A UN working group will evaluate the national report from the Indian side...