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Monthly Archives: July, 2023

UK Bill ‘significantly erodes’ human rights and refugee protections, UN agencies warn

Concerns over legislationThe Illegal Immigration Bill eliminates access to asylum for anyone who arrives “irregularly” in the UK, meaning they passed through a country...

Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMO

In an alert, the agency emphasized that heatwaves are amongst the deadliest natural hazards and WMO Senior Heat Advisor, John Nairn, told reporters that...

Archaeologist claims to have discovered biblical Sodom

Researchers are certain that Tell el-Hamam in Jordan, where signs of extreme heat and a layer of destruction are consistent with the biblical story...

WFP forced to slash food aid as half of all Haitians go hungry

This reduction in aid comes at a time when Haiti is grappling with a severe humanitarian crisis, with almost half of its population, approximately...

UN chief regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw from grain deal

Following weeks of negotiations, the UN-brokered accord that facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via...

Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound

Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022, compared with the previous year as countries increase efforts meant to combat the historic...

Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end

He was speaking in Geneva at the annual meeting on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, referencing in-depth conversations he had had in recent months...

Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia and Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, were responding...

Lettori, College of Commissioners duly refers discrimination case to the Court of Justice

Lettori case // Longest-running breach of the parity of treatment provision of the Treaty in the history of the EU nears an end. The College of...

Sex reassignment surgeries banned in Russia

The lower house of the Russian parliament - the State Duma - adopted on 14.07.2023 in the third, final reading a bill that would...

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