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‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
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Human Rights

‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea

When they eventually did, her mother said to her, “If you are going to die anyway, better to be shot crossing the two-mile border than starve here.”Shortly thereafter they fled…

21 May 2025 · 3 min read

Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
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Human Rights

Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert

“These ongoing attacks on critical infrastructure are putting lives at risk, worsening the humanitarian crisis, and violating basic human rights,” said Radhouane Nouicer, the designated expert on the human rights…

20 May 2025 · 2 min read

World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
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Human Rights

World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week

In recent years, criminal and terrorist groups have seized “every” opportunity afforded by growing instability to “entrench, expand, and escalate,” said Ghada Waly, in her opening remarks to the Commission…

19 May 2025 · 5 min read