Biden hails Russia's ouster from UN human rights council

United States President Joe Biden has lauded the suspension of Russia, a veto-wielding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, from the world organisation's leading human rights......

India's human rights record in 2011 'disappointing': HRW

India's human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a leading global rights group for its "failure" to protect vulnerable communities and rapped the government for custodial killings, police......

India elected member of Human Rights Council

Securing the largest number of votes among the contested seats, India was on Tuesday elected to the first United Nations Human Rights Council at the elections held in the United Nations General......

US withdraws from 'cesspool' UN human rights council

The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council and condemned its "shameless hypocrisy" in absolving wrongdoers through silence and falsely condemning those committing no......