Tag: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  UN High Commissioner due in Venezuela to address the human rights crisis

  

  United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk is arriving Thursday in Caracas from Colombia for talks with the Nicolás Maduro administration about human rights, where the latest reports have been anything but favorable.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet

  

  Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bachelet says Ortega regime must release all political prisoners in Nicaragua

  

  Former Chilean President and current United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Tuesday called for the release of Nicaraguan opposition politicians who have been placed under arrest by the Daniel Ortega regime over the past three weeks.

• Monday, September 23rd 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Michelle Bachelet says she can't work miracles for Venezuela and its “critical human rights situation”

  

  The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, denounced that her figure is misunderstood in Venezuela’s case. The Chilean president, who published a severe report in July denouncing human rights violations in Venezuela, said that many in that country mistakenly see her as “the virgin Mary, who can work miracles” and solve the humanitarian drama.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 04:07 UTC

  Ghosn family cries “hostage” before United Nations

  

  Relatives of disgraced former Renault and Nissan boss, the Brazilian Carlos Ghosn, have once again sought the intervention of the United Nations (UN) against what they believe is a “judicial persecution” in Japan.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 19:31 UTC

  Bachelet “concerned” about the arrest of Venezuelan journalist and activist Luis Carlos Díaz

  

  Luis Carlos Diaz, a Venezuelan journalist who is an expert in networks and critical of the Nicolás Maduro regime, was arrested on Monday, without capture order, by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) after leaving his radio program, denounced his wife and colleague Naky Soto. On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, referred to the arrest and asked the authorities for “urgent access” for her technical mission in Venezuela to Díaz.

• Saturday, September 1st 2018 - 07:36 UTC

  Lula barred from running in October elections; Haddad will lead the PT slate

  

  Brazil's top electoral court, TSE, on early Saturday ended the political comeback plans of former president Lula da Silva, barring him from running in elections in October. Lula is in prison having been sentenced to twelve years for corruption last April.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  Nicaragua: UN Secretary General deplores and condemns violence against civilians

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday deplored and condemned the ongoing violence against civilians, including against students, in Nicaragua.Speaking on behalf of Mr. Guterres at the UN Headquarters, Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters that “the use of lethal force is not only unacceptable but is also in itself an obstacle to obtaining a political solution to the current crisis”.

• Saturday, June 23rd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Hundreds of arbitrary killings by Venezuela security forces, claims UN

  

  Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN's human rights body says. In the report it cites “shocking”accounts of young men being killed during operations, often in poor districts, over the past three years.

• Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 11:23 UTC

  Human Rights Day should be extended to every day of the year, says UN

  

  The universal reach of human rights should not be restricted to one day alone but extended to every day of the year, top United Nations officials declared on Wednesday, 10 December, as they marked Human Rights Day – an annual UN-backed event commemorating the date on which the General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.