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Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil Addresses Human Rights Council
Sunday, 26 June 2016, 9:57 pm | UN Watch
Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil Addresses Human Rights Council In Response to New Report Finding Genocide More >>
UN Chief & World Leaders Urged to Endorse Appeal
Saturday, 11 June 2016, 8:46 pm | UN Watch
UN Chief & World Leaders Urged to Endorse Appeal for Amnesty of Political Prisoners as UNHRC Celebrates 10th Anniversary on Monday More >>
Ahead of UN Report on 2014 Gaza War
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 11:36 am | UN Watch
Ahead of UN Report on 2014 Gaza War, Multinational Mission of Generals Finds: "Israel not only met but significantly exceeded international legal standards" More >>
UN casts Israel as world's worst violator of health rights
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 10:55 am | UN Watch
Israel's army team of medics recently treated 1,600 victims of the Nepal earthquake. More >>
EU & US let Iran win top seat on UN Women’s Rights board
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 11:32 am | UN Watch
EU & US Allowed Iran to Win Top Seat on UN Women’s Rights Board, Rights Group Says More >>
U.N. Executives to Strengthen Anti-Retaliation Measures
Friday, 10 April 2015, 2:22 pm | UN Watch
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2015 – Today, a group of nine whistleblowers from the U.N. system sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Directors of U.N. Specialized Agencies urging them to do more to protect whistleblowers. More >>
UN Watch Statement
Friday, 3 April 2015, 1:22 am | UN Watch
UN Watch welcomes today’s meeting. Yet given that it has been more than five years now since Boko Haram has been on the rampage, killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children, we must ask: Why has the UN waited so long? More >>
North Korean Defectors visiting Geneva Human Rights session
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 11:15 am | UN Watch
North Korean Defectors visiting Geneva Human Rights session, where North Korea Foreign Minister labeled them "scum" Defectors will also raise situation of North Korean overseas workers whose situation is akin to slavery More >>
Geneva rights summit draws world attention
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 2:31 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE Geneva rights summit draws world attention, spotlights Boko Haram, ISIS, China, Cuba, France, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tibet, Turkey, Venezuela More >>
Comment on Today's UNGA Anti-Semitism Session
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 5:00 pm | UN Watch
UNGA must examine own record; this year has condemned Israel 20 times compared to only 3 on rest of world More >>
Rights group calls for UNHRC to expel Saudi Arabia
Sunday, 11 January 2015, 10:26 pm | UN Watch
Rights group calls for UNHRC to expel Saudi Arabia after today's 50 lashes to rights activist Raif Badawi More >>
NGOs hail 'historic' UN debate on North Korean abuses
Tuesday, 23 December 2014, 11:31 am | UN Watch
NGOs hailed the convening today of the first-ever meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korean human rights abuses. “With today's historic debate, the UN finally sends the message that North Korean rulers who starve and enslave their own people ... More >>
North Korean Defector in Geneva and available for interviews
Friday, 14 November 2014, 10:04 am | UN Watch
North Korean Defector in Geneva and available for interviews, as North Korea tries to water down key UN resolution More >>
Controversial Israeli Arab Priest to Address UN
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:02 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, September 22, 2014 – A Greek Orthodox priest from Nazareth who is one of the most controversial public figures in Israeli Arab society will tomorrow address the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council. More >>
Ukrainian Victim "Tortured by Russian-Sponsored Militants"
Thursday, 18 September 2014, 2:17 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, September 17, 2014 – Irina Dovgan, a Ukrainian woman who made international headlines after she was publicly abused by Russian-sponsored militants in eastern Ukraine, testified today before the UN Human Rights Council. More >>
Rights Group Criticizes Free Pass to Baghdad Abuses
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 3:47 pm | UN Watch
Rights Group Criticizes UN Resolution for Giving Free Pass to Baghdad Abuses, Sending Low-Level Mission on ISIS More >>
UN Urgent Session on Iraq, Demands "Concrete Outcomes"
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 1:38 pm | UN Watch
Maryam Wahida, an Iraqi Christian in Geneva, addresses anti-genocide rally alongside UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer last week in Geneva. More >>
Iraqi Minorities in Geneva Demand Emergency Session
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 2:56 pm | UN Watch
Left to right: Iraqi Christians Ramzi Wahida & Maryam Wahida, UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer, Iraqi Christian representative, and Yazidi spokesman Breen Tahseen More >>
UN experts call on the Government of Azerbaijan
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 2:01 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA (19 August 2014) – United Nations human rights experts* today condemned the growing tendency to prosecute prominent human rights defenders in Azerbaijan, and urged the Government “to show leadership and reverse the trend of repression, ... More >>
Iraqi Minorities Seek UN Emergency Session
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 1:05 pm | UN Watch
Maryam Wahida, an Iraqi Christian in Geneva, addresses anti-genocide rally alongside UN Watch director Hillel Neuer More >>
