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Reports of mass atrocities in and around the newly captured Darfur town of El Fasher mark a new low point in Sudan's brutal civil war and the Security Council is…
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Nicolas Koumjian, head of Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), told the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly that "the frequency and severity of international crimes in Myanmar…
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Presenting the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual report to the General Assembly, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the past year had highlighted the importance of "knowing exactly the situation…
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Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the South Sudan Human Rights Commission highlighted the escalation of armed clashes, political detentions and widespread human rights violations, calling for coordinated efforts to…
