Month: August 2020

Independent rights experts call on India to remedy ‘alarming’ situation in Jammu and Kashmir

© John Isaac – Friday prayers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.  UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called for urgent action in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, amid concerns of ongoing abuses against civilians there. The appeal comes a year after the Indian Parliament revoked the special status of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, which provided partial […]

Young people ‘not invincible’ in COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief

UN News/Daniel Dickinson – A park in Brooklyn, New York, has marked out circles in order to enforce social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.     Although older people are among those at highest risk of COVID-19, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reminded younger generations that they are “not invincible” when it comes […]