Several Lepchas, the aboriginal inhabitants of Sikkim in West Bengal, who oppose building a hydroelectric power plant in the region on land they consider sacred, were recently arrested for allegedly damaging equipment owned by the firm responsible for building the plant. Read more about it here.
On March 15, the United Nations General Assembly voted 170–4 to create a new Human Rights Council, effectively dissolving the oft-criticized Commission on Human Rights. Candidates for the Council will need to be elected by an absolute majority of 96 votes in order to secure a position, and once elected members can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.
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