North Korea
North Korean Defector Wins Human Rights Award
GENEVA, May 20 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch announced today that Shin Dong-hyuk, the only known surviving escapee from a North Korean
May 20, 2013
North Korea
Geneva Summit
North Korean Defector Wins Human Rights Award
Dong-hyuk Shin to Receive UN Watch Prize at League of Nations Hall in Geneva GENEVA, May 20 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch announced today that
May 20, 2013
Geneva Summit
UN Human Rights Council: Time for Concrete Action
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Feb. 25 – The time has come for the UN’s highest body on human rights to move from rhetoric to concrete action,
February 25, 2013
Geneva Summit
Issue 410: Famous Survivors of North Korean Concentration Camps to Headline Geneva Rights Summit Next Tuesday, Feb. 19
Famous Survivors of North Korean Concentration Camps to Headline Geneva Rights Summit Next Tuesday, Feb. 19 North Korean camp survivor Shin Dong-Hyuk, subject of the
February 11, 2013
Burma (Myanmar)
Commentary: U.N. Adopts Resolutions on Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Burma
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 20 – Today the U.N. General Assembly adopted its annual resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Syria, North Korea
December 20, 2012
Iran
UN rights council criticized for featuring allegedly corrupt official on today’s Nelson Mandela Day panel
Australian WIPO chief Francis Gurry is accused of vote-buying, embargoed tech transfers to Iran and North Korea, and obstructing U.S. congressional inquiry GENEVA, Sept. 21 –
September 21, 2012
North Korea
U.N. Testimony: North Korean Defector Oh Kil Nam Pleads to See His Wife & Daughters Again
Coordinated by the human rights groups UN Watch and Freedom House, Dr. Oh Kil Nam testified before the U.N. Human Rights Council, seeking to rescue
June 29, 2012
Geneva Summit
Escaped High-Profile Chavez Prisoner to Challenge Venezuela in U.N. Debate
PRESS RELEASE Syrian & North Korean Torture Victims Also to Testify Before U.N. Human Rights Council GENEVA, June 25 – Venezuela’s most-wanted man will appear
June 25, 2012
Egypt
Issue 334: Global Impact: Coverage of UN Watch Campaigns Turns Heat on UN, Egypt, N. Korea over Human Rights
Agence France Presse reports below on UN Watch’s launch of an appeal by 30 rights groups and dissidents urging UN action for the release of
December 30, 2011
North Korea
UN flag at half-mast for Kim Jong-il
GENEVA, Dec. 28 – With UN flags at half-mast today at its Human Rights Council (photo) and other buildings to mark the funeral of North
December 29, 2011
North Korea
UN lowers flag for Kim Jong-il; rights group urges equal sympathy for victims
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 28 – With UN flags at half-mast today at its Human Rights Council (see photo right) and other buildings to mark the funeral
December 28, 2011
North Korea
Issue 333: U.N. lowers flag for dictator Kim Jong-il
Rights group urges equal sympathy for victims UN offices worldwide lowered their flag to half-mast as North Korea began a 2-day funeral for dictator Kim
December 28, 2011