Tag: United Nations

UN panel finds ‘alarming’ media restrictions in Pakistan
29Mar By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

UN panel finds ‘alarming’ media restrictions in Pakistan

A United Nations human rights panel has reached out to the Pakistan government to express its concerns over an “alarming pattern of restrictions” on freedom of expression in the country.The UN panel has informed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government that it has received information regarding a series of “alleged meritless charges” brought against some journalists and human rights defenders.The documents sent to the government by the panel include cases that have been dismissed as well as those in which journalists were questioned or threatened but not prosecuted.Last year, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a ‘White Paper on Global Journalism’ had listed five countries, including Pakistan, as the ‘Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the World’Th...
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Taiwan protests against UN report for labeling it as ‘province of China’
22Mar By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Taiwan protests against UN report for labeling it as ‘province of China’

A recent global happiness report issued by the United Nations (UN) is facing severe criticism from Taiwan for listing it as “province of China”.On March 20, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the UN released its World Happiness Report 2021, a global ranking of happiness levels across 149 countries. The report however has labeled Taiwan as a “province of China” since it is not a member of the UN.Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its dismay about the mislabeling in the World Happiness Report and stressed that Taiwan has its own government and sovereignty and has never been governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Taiwan’s representative office in New York said in a Twitter post that it has launched a protest demanding respect for the country’s sovereignty and...
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Two WHO team members stopped from entering China after failed coronavirus test
14Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, Singapore, World

Two WHO team members stopped from entering China after failed coronavirus test

China on Thursday blocked two members of the 13-member World Health Organisation (WHO) team from travelling to the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan after they failed the coronavirus antibody test in Singapore.The WHO first tweeted that the international team of 13 scientists examining the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19 arrived in Wuhan.The experts were to begin their work immediately during the two-week quarantine protocol for international travellers.Later, in a separate tweet, WHO said that two members of that team remain in Singapore after they were "tested positive for IgM antibodies".IgM antibodies are among the earliest potential signs of a coronavirus infection and false positives are also possible with such tests."Two scientists are still in #Singapore comp...
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UN chief condemns killing of 11 coal miners in Balochistan
4Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

UN chief condemns killing of 11 coal miners in Balochistan

A day after 11 coal miners in the Balochistan province of Pakistan were brutally killed, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Pakistan to bring perpetrators of the terrorist act to justice.In a statement, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said Guterres trusts that Pakistan will bring perpetrators of the terrorist act to justice.“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the terrorist attack and killing of at least 11 coal miners in the Balochistan province of Pakistan yesterday. He extends his sincere condolences to the families of the miners and the people and government of Pakistan,” the statement read.“He trusts the Pakistani authorities will do everything possible to bring the perpetrators of this terrorist act to justice,” it added.Eleven ...
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