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The oldest convicted Nazi has died
Schütz's name and date of birth were found in SS documents Former Nazi concentration camp warden Josef Schütz, who was imprisoned at a record age of 102 and sentenced last…
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INTERVIEW – Seeking justice for sexual abuse victims
Critics have said justice takes too long, and perpetrators are not always held accountable in cases of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by UN personnel.
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Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) sounded the alarm after 36,000 people of Haitian origin were deported during the first three months of the year, according…
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Russia, Moscow City Court orders oppressive liquidation of human Rights NGO SOVA Center
As reported by SOVA Center, the remaining most active human rights NGO in Russia, the Russian oppressive fist is now falling on them. We reproduce here the statement of SOVA: On April 27, 2023 Judge Vyacheslav Polyga of the Moscow City Court considered the request…
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Singapore, Rights experts call for moratorium on the death penalty
Experts appointed called for Singapore to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment, the Government’s continued use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
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UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta
“The international community’s response to the crisis in Myanmar is failing, and that failure has contributed to a lethal downward spiral that is devastating the lives of millions of people,”…
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“Free Uzbekistan” Report to the 23rd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
By Hasanboy Burhanov, founder of the political opposition movement Erkin O'zbekiston (Free Uzbekistan). A report in English, distributed to the participants of the 23rd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking…
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China: ‘Vocational training’ programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour
“Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been ‘transferred’ from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice…
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New UK law curtails key civil and political rights: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called the Public Order Bill “deeply troubling legislation”, after it completed its passage through parliament on Wednesday. “It is especially worrying that…
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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and…