US wants division of Lanka through rights resolution: Minister

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 20:06

Sri Lanka on Wednesday accused the US of trying to divide the country, as wished by the rebel Tamil Tigers, through its resolutions against it at the UN rights body.

Cuba to accept UN rights council`s directives

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 10:52

Cuba will accept majority of the 292 recommendations prepared in May during the UN Human Rights Council`s review of the situation on the Communist-ruled island, official media said Thursday.

UN rights chief visits Jaffna, faces protest

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 00:16

Families of those who disappeared in Sri Lanka during the three-decade-long ethnic war protested as UN rights chief Navi Pillay visited Jaffna - the former stronghold of the rebel Tamil Tigers - on a fact-finding mission.

UN rights chief challenges US and Israel on drones

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 11:02

The UN human rights chief is urging the United States and Israel to clarify the legal basis for the use of armed drones in Pakistan, Yemen and Gaza.

UN rights chief demands probe into Egypt crackdown

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 22:06

UN rights chief Navi Pillay demanded a wide-ranging probe into the bloody crackdown by Egyptian security forces on Muslim Brotherhood protesters.

UN rights chief alarmed over violence in Egypt

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 19:09

The UN`s top human rights official is expressing alarm at the spreading violence and rising number of deaths in Egypt.

Sri Lanka hits back at UN rights chief over CJ imp

Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 21:59

Sri Lanka hit back at UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay for criticising impeachment of the country`s first woman Chief Justice.

Strengthen ‘legal regime against rape’ in India: UN rights chief

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 11:34

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay asked the Indian government to strengthen the country`s legal regime to get rid of the "terrible scourge".

UN rights chief concerned by Egypt constitution

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 18:02

The UN`s top human rights official is expressing alarm about the casualties resulting from protests over Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi`s draft constitution.

Lanka bracing to face UN rights review

Last Updated: Monday, October 29, 2012, 21:32

Sri Lanka will undergo a periodical scrutiny of the United Nations` human rights body that will review its progress on the rights front and might pose tough questions on the issue of violations in Tamil-dominated areas.