Category: International
COVID-19 devastating indigenous communities worldwide– UN expert warns
Hill Voice, 18 May 2020, GENEVA: The new UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, today expressed serious concerns [Read More…]
Front Line Defenders urges to release Didar Bhuiyan
Hill Voice, 8 May 2020, International Desk: Front Line Defenders urges Bangladesh to release human rights defenders Didar Bhuiyan immediately and unconditionally, as he is [Read More…]
COVID-19 Emergency Powers Not To Be Weaponised to Suppress: UN Human Rights Chief
Hill Voice, 5 May 2020, New Delhi: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet cautioned governments against violating basic human rights granted to [Read More…]
ESCR-Net calls for global action towards transformative change in response to COVID-19
Hill Voice, 2 May 2020, New York: Indigenous and social movements, human rights organizations and defenders around the world call for global action towards transformative [Read More…]
New UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples appointed
Hill Voice, 18 March 2020, Geneva: Jose Francisco “Pancho” Cali Tzay has been appointed as the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of [Read More…]
Binota Moy Dhamai appointed as a member of EMRIP
Hill Voice, 14 March 2020, Geneva: Binota Moy Dhamai, Secretary of International Affairs of Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’ Forum has been appointed as a member of [Read More…]
19th Session of the UNPFII postponed
Hill Voice, 5 March 2020, New York: On 5 March 2020, in light of the current concerns regarding coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Members of the [Read More…]
429 people killed in alleged crossfire or gunfights, says UN’s CAT
Hill Voice, 16 October 2019, Wednesday, Dhaka: The Committee Against Torture (CAT) of the United Nations says, 429 people have been killed in alleged crossfire [Read More…]
JPNK South Korea protests against atrocity on Jumma peoples in CHT
Hill Voice, 12 October 2019, Saturday, South Korea: The Jumma Peoples Network Korea (JPNK) in South Korea organised a press conference on October 12, 2019 [Read More…]
Human chain organised in Paris protesting killing of a Buddhist monk
Hill Voice, 22 September 2019, Sunday, France: A peaceful human chain has been organised by Bangladeshi France Buddhist communities at Republican place in Paris protesting [Read More…]
