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UN rights chief's tenure ends in disappointment for China activists

August 31, 2022 10:31 am

Perceptions of Bachelet's legacy might shift if the report is ultimately released and is very critical of China. Bachelet said she has been under "tremendous pressure" both to publish and not to publish.

Russia and NATO weigh in as crisis mounts on Belarus-Poland border

November 11, 2021 10:36 am

Russia took the rare step of dispatching two nuclear-capable strategic bombers to patrol Belarusian airspace in a show of support for its close ally.

UN rights chief says she has credible reports of Taliban executions

August 24, 2021 5:37 pm

Afghanistan's diverse ethnic and religious minorities were also at risk of violence and repression, said UNHCR commissioner Michelle Bachelet.

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief's statement

June 14, 2021 10:18 am

Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, is due to face trial on Monday on charges of breaching coronavirus regulations while campaigning for the election she won last November and also for possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies.

UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes

May 27, 2021 6:07 pm

The UN high commissioner for human rights spoke to the Human Rights Council, chronicling the most significant escalation of hostilities since 2014 that left devastation and death in the Gaza Strip before a cease-fire last week.

UN body asked to up scrutiny of Israel's human rights record

May 26, 2021 7:42 pm

The move comes in the wake of the latest surge in violence in the Israel-Palestinians conflict. If passed, it would mark an unprecedented level of scrutiny authorised by the U.N.'s top human rights body.

UN rights envoy talks about farm protests, India hits back

February 27, 2021 7:54 am

THE UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that attempts to curb freedom of expression on social media are “disturbing departures from essential human rights principles”.

India regrets Kashmir issue being raised at UNHRC

UN's Michelle Bachelet urges Brunei not to apply death penalty for gay sex, adultery

April 01, 2019 7:40 pm

Michelle Bachelet said Brunei's revised Penal Code would enshrine serious breaches of international human rights law into law.

New UN human rights chief has survived torture herself

September 04, 2018 11:56 am

Bachelet herself was arrested along with her mother in 1975. She was a young member of the Socialist Party, and her time in a secret prison was an ordeal that she prefers not to talk about.

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet presents gay marriage bill

August 29, 2017 7:55 am

``We can't let old prejudices be stronger than love,'' Bachelet said. Chile approved civil unions for same-sex couples in 2015 and decriminalized gay sex in 1999.