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World News in Brief: Rights chief appalled at Nigeria mass abductions, ‘pervasive’ hunger in streets of Sudan, Syria child crisis
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World News in Brief: Rights chief appalled at Nigeria mass abductions, ‘pervasive’ hunger in streets of Sudan, Syria child crisis

“I am appalled by the recurrent mass abductions of men, women and children in northern Nigeria. Children have been abducted from schools and women taken while searching for firewood. Such...

17 March 2024 · 4 min read

I lost hope and will to live, in Russian jail, says Ukraine POW
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I lost hope and will to live, in Russian jail, says Ukraine POW

Latest graphic findings from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine - created by the Human Rights Council two years ago – highlight the ongoing grave impact of Russia’s...

16 March 2024 · 4 min read

Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis

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Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis

“It’s difficult to imagine that Gazans will survive this crisis without UNRWA…(we) have received reports that people in the area are grinding bird feed to make flour,” said Thomas White,...

15 March 2024 · 3 min read

Gaza: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes
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Gaza: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes

Spokesperson for Volker Türk in Geneva, Jeremy Laurence, told journalists that an already catastrophic situation could “slide deeper into the abyss” in the coming days if Israeli forces make their...

15 March 2024 · 4 min read

Civilians in Israel and Palestine ‘cannot be abandoned’, says top UN official on sexual violence in conflict
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Civilians in Israel and Palestine ‘cannot be abandoned’, says top UN official on sexual violence in conflict

The Security Council meeting adjourned at 5:32 PM. Describing the evidence of unspeakable violence she had witnessed against Israeli civilians, the top UN official on sexual violence in war said...

14 March 2024 · 18 min read

World News in Brief: Syria violence intensifying, heavy weapons threat in Myanmar, justice call for Thai lawyer
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World News in Brief: Syria violence intensifying, heavy weapons threat in Myanmar, justice call for Thai lawyer

The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry, which reports to the Human Rights Council, warned that fighting escalated on 5 October last year, when consecutive explosions at a military academy graduation...

13 March 2024 · 5 min read

At least one person in eight now suffers from obesity
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At least one person in eight now suffers from obesity

At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, WHO said on Friday, citing a newly released global medical study.

2 March 2024 · 5 min read