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UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to revoke death penalty for dissent on social media
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UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to revoke death penalty for dissent on social media

Saudi Arabia must immediately revoke the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Al Ghamdi for posting critical views online

15 September 2023 · 3 min read

Iran: Harassment, reprisals continue for Mahsa Amini’s family
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Iran: Harassment, reprisals continue for Mahsa Amini’s family

Twenty-two-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested and forced into a van by Iran’s so called “morality police” in the capital Tehran on 13 September last year. Authorities alleged she was…

15 September 2023 · 3 min read

‘Thriving economies’ critical to eradicating hunger and poverty: McCain
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‘Thriving economies’ critical to eradicating hunger and poverty: McCain

Addressing the Security Council on Thursday, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP), Cindy McCain, highlighted the growing need for humanitarian aid worldwide against a backdrop of reduced funding.…

15 September 2023 · 3 min read

UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods
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UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods

UN humanitarians are working flat out on the ground in Libya, providing desperately needed aid to thousands of survivors of the flood disaster that has left thousands dead and thousands…

15 September 2023 · 1 min read

Libya floods: UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys
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Libya floods: UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys

More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent of water from two dams which burst, sweeping away whole neighbourhoods…

14 September 2023 · 3 min read

UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks
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UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks

"There has been almost one attack every other day hitting vital port and grain facilities in Ukraine," said Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown, in a statement on Wednesday. Assault on grain…

14 September 2023 · 2 min read

Libya – Floods of ‘epic proportions’ leave thousands dead
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Libya – Floods of ‘epic proportions’ leave thousands dead

UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in eastern Libya after devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend

13 September 2023 · 4 min read

Türk: Ethnically motivated attacks leave hundreds dead in Sudan
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Türk: Ethnically motivated attacks leave hundreds dead in Sudan

“Such developments echo a horrific past that must not be repeated,” said Volker Türk UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, marking “five months of futile suffering, death, loss and destruction.”Mounting…

13 September 2023 · 3 min read

Syria: Urgent response needed to uptick in fighting, economic crisis
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Syria: Urgent response needed to uptick in fighting, economic crisis

In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) body found that attacks on civilians, escalating fighting, economic decline and human rights violations persist, despite the country’s re-admission to…

13 September 2023 · 4 min read

24 million more people could face emergency levels of hunger this year: WFP
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24 million more people could face emergency levels of hunger this year: WFP

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that a historic funding shortfall was forcing it to “drastically” cut rations in most of its operations, potentially pushing an additional…

13 September 2023 · 1 min read