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Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week
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Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week

Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of oil, the supertanker FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country in…

10 July 2023 · 3 min read

OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras
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OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras

OHCHR Spokesperson Marta Hurtado told journalists in Geneva that the Government had issued a 45-day extension on Wednesday. “The state of emergency, in force in 17 of the 18 departments in…

7 July 2023 · 2 min read

UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions
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UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions

The “relief chief” was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York just as these two separate lifesaving initiatives are set to expire in the coming days.He also voiced…

7 July 2023 · 4 min read

UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya
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UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya

Yelena Milashina, who works for the independent investigative news service Novaya Gazeta, was travelling with Alexander Nemov when they were attacked on Monday morning on their way to covering the…

7 July 2023 · 4 min read

UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security
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UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security

In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson, António Guterres reiterated “the importance of full and continued implementation” of the agreements signed last July in Istanbul, known as the Black…

7 July 2023 · 2 min read

‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark
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‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark

The war began on 24 February 2022, and the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has confirmed that more than 9,000 civilians, including over 500 children, have been…

7 July 2023 · 3 min read

Myanmar atrocities and impunity must end: Türk
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Myanmar atrocities and impunity must end: Türk

Repeated, horrific violations have been recorded by the UN human rights office, including mass killings, extra-judicial executions and beheadings, Mr. Türk said, while the military has continued to carry out…

6 July 2023 · 2 min read

Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’
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Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’

He said citizens of the Caribbean nation are “trapped in a living nightmare” as armed gangs encircle the capital, Port-au-Prince, blocking roads, controlling access to food and healthcare, and undermining…

6 July 2023 · 3 min read

New UN policy paper launched to counter and address online hate
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New UN policy paper launched to counter and address online hate

The policy paper, Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners, was developed jointly by the UN Office with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Human Rights,…

5 July 2023 · 3 min read

Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council
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Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council

“We have expressed concerns” over the investigation into her death, said Viviana Krsticevic, a member of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, speaking at a press conference in Geneva: “in particular…

5 July 2023 · 4 min read