While describing a hardening of the Iranian government's response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the last two months, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations described the situation as "critical.

Iran: With more than 300 killed, situation 'critical', says UN rights chief

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet after meeting Chinese officials said her meetings in Xinjiang were "unsupervised" by authorities. Bachelet said the visit was "not an investigation" as she added that the virtual meeting with President Xi Jinping was a chance to "listen to each other".

Meetings in Xinjiang 'unsupervised', China visit 'not an investigation': UN rights chief

India hit back at the UN Human Rights chief after the latter moved the apex court against the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) on Tuesday. Reacting to the petition, India said that no foreign party has "any locus standi" on matters relating to its sovereignty.

India hits back after UN Human Rights chief moves Supreme Court against CAA