UN rights chief urges Myanmar to probe sectarian killings

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 02:28

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urged Myanmar on Thursday to investigate reports that more than 40 people had been killed in attacks on Rohingya Muslims in the country`s strife-torn Rakhine state.

Syria war crimes evidence implicates Assad: UN

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 20:47

Evidence has been uncovered in Syria that implicates President Bashar al-Assad and members of his entourage, in war crimes and crimes against humanity, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said.

UN rights chief condemns `shocking` Bangladesh poll unrest

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 01:06

United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay on Sunday said she was deeply worried by the "shocking" pre-election violence rocking Bangladesh before the January 5 polls.

Don`t let Sri Lanka lead Commonwealth: HRW

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 21:52

Commonwealth foreign ministers should not award Sri Lanka the two-year chairmanship of the Commonwealth after it hosts the Commonwealth summit in November, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka rejects UN commissioner`s call for international probe

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 15:46

Sri Lanka rejected UN rights chief Navi Pillay`s call for international probe if it fails to show clear progress by next March in probing war crimes during three-decade long conflict with LTTE.

UN`s Pillay warns Lanka for reprisals against rights defenders

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 19:53

Days after visit to Sri Lanka, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday put the country on notice against reprisals targeting human rights defenders, journalists and communities whom she had met.

Sri Lankan forces harass Tamils who met UN official?

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 14:43

The Sri Lankan government should investigate allegations that security forces harassed people who met UN human rights chief Navi Pillay in that country, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

Sri Lanka labels UN`s Navi Pillay as ``prejudiced"

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 10:16

Sri Lanka on Tuesday dismissed UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay`s sharp criticism of the country`s human rights record as "prejudiced".

Sri Lanka ready to probe UN claims

Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 15:58

Sri Lanka Sunday said it was ready to investigate the allegations raised by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, who said that some people she met during her visit to the country had been threatened.

Sri Lanka turning authoritarian: UN human rights chief

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 17:38

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Friday criticised the Sri Lankan government, saying the country is becoming "increasingly authoritarian" despite the end of a civil war four years ago

Sri Lanka complaints of unfair UN rights body treatment

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 20:40

Sri Lanka, under attack for human rights abuses, complained of a lack of "fairness" by the UNHRC, as the country`s External Affairs Minister met UN rights chief Navi Pillay who is here on a fact-finding mission on war crimes.

UN rights chief Pillay to visit Lanka

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 22:14

UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay will visit Sri Lanka later this month to take stock of the country`s progress on reconciliation with the Tamil minority since the end of the island`s ethnic conflict.