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El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial
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El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial

the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday.  The state of emergency was first approved in March 2022, and initially for a month, but has been renewed ever since, generating…

22 May 2023 · 3 min read

G7 nations should show global leadership and solidarity
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G7 nations should show global leadership and solidarity says Guterres

The world is counting on the leadership and solidarity of the G7 nations, the U.N. chief said Sunday, speaking to journalists in Hiroshima

21 May 2023 · 4 min read

UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters
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UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said in a statement that the executions on Friday of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi, were “profoundly concerning in view of the reported involvement of…

19 May 2023 · 3 min read

Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland
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Survey reveals war’s ‘immense’ mental health toll on Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland

The finding is the result of a survey conducted by the UNICEF Refugee Response Office in Poland, which also revealed that 53 per cent had considered getting, or had already…

19 May 2023 · 4 min read

Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict
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Sudan emergency: One million now displaced in ongoing conflict

A wave of deadly attacks reportedly targeted West Darfur’s capital, El-Geneina, in recent days, while the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said that more than 700 people had been killed…

19 May 2023 · 2 min read

Malawi: Over 500,000 children at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns
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Malawi: Over 500,000 children at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns

Although the southern African country has made recent progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, the agency said these gains have been threatened by acute food insecurity, compounded by other challenges such…

19 May 2023 · 2 min read

Invasion of Ukraine - civilians in an ‘unbearable routine’ of Russian attack
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Human Rights

Invasion of Ukraine – civilians in an ‘unbearable routine’ of Russian attack

Nearly 15 months after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilians are forced to live through an “unbearable routine”, amidst alarming levels of destruction

18 May 2023 · 3 min read

Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF
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Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF

“Because, in what is a deeply troubled country - grappling with humanitarian catastrophe, climate related disasters, and egregious human rights abuses - too many people have forgotten that Afghanistan is…

18 May 2023 · 3 min read

UNICEF alert over ‘sickening’ levels of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo
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UNICEF alert over ‘sickening’ levels of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo

Reports of gender-based violence (GBV) against girls and women there have increased by 37 per cent during the first three months of the year, compared to the same period a…

18 May 2023 · 3 min read

UN rights expert exposes billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military
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UN rights expert exposes $1 billion ‘death trade’ in arms for Myanmar military

The report states that some “UN Member States are enabling this trade” through a combination of outright complicity, lax enforcement of existing bans, and easily circumvented sanctions, according to a…

17 May 2023 · 4 min read