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Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights
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Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home,” said Anna Fierst, quoting her great-grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech of 1958, in which she highlighted the…

20 March 2025 · 4 min read

Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears
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Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears

The Council – the UN’s foremost human rights forum – also heard updates on allegations of ongoing abuses in Belarus, North Korea and Myanmar.According to the Commission of Inquiry on…

19 March 2025 · 7 min read

Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria, Venezuela
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Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria, Venezuela

Council-appointed experts pointed to grave violations of fundamental rights in Iran, linked to popular protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022.Sara Hossein, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran,…

18 March 2025 · 4 min read

Syria: Relative of Assad regime’s disappeared speaks of anguish in search for truth and justice
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Syria: Relative of Assad regime’s disappeared speaks of anguish in search for truth and justice

Obeida Dabbagh’s brother Mazen, and nephew Patrick – both Syrian-French nationals – were arrested by Air Force Intelligence officials in November 2013.Held for years and tortured, there were falsely declared…

17 March 2025 · 4 min read