The death toll from Kenya’s latest anti-government protest has surged to 31, according to the state-funded human rights ...

The death toll from Kenya’s anti-government protests has risen to 31, with 107 injured and over 500 arrested. Protesters are ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, “persona non grata,” criticizing the U.N. official for ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned today of the disastrous consequences stemming from ongoing and escalating hostilities across the North Darfur and Kordofan regions in Sudan, where civilian ...

FILE - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Türk speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb. 12 ...

Five leading international human rights organisations have called on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who arrived in Colombo yesterday (23) on a four-day visit, to ...

Bangladesh must focus not only on accountability but also healing and reconciliation, said Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at a press conference in Geneva ...

UN rights chief Volker Türk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Israel had "weaponised" food in Gaza and repeated calls for investigations into deadly attacks near distribution sites.

A spokesman referred further questions to the Israeli military. On Tuesday, Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on X: “Israel has weaponized food and blocked lifesaving aid.

“Israel’s means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza,” Volker Türk told the 47-member Human Rights Council in an address that ...

“The facts speak for themselves,” said Volker Türk. “Everyone in government needs to wake up to what is happening in Gaza. All those with influence must exert maximum pressure on Israel and ...