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Europe
MEPs honoured the memory of the Holocaust victims, 77 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on 27 January 1945. Survivor of Holocaust victims, Margot Friedländer, and…
Charities
A special "humanitarian train" carrying 750 tonnes of aid under the coordination of the Turkish government left for Afghanistan from Ankara yesterday. The train, with the help of 11 humanitarian…
Education
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As victims of anti-Semitism, millions of Jews from all over Europe died in Nazi death camps. Today, in 1845, the few survivors of…
America
New insights into quality of care for girls and women facing medical complications due to unsafe abortion were published on Wednesday by the UN health agency and partners.
America
BERN (26 January 2022) – People of African descent in Switzerland experience racial discrimination in various aspects of their lives, UN human rights experts found after visiting the country. “Racial…
Human Rights
Human rights: EU adopts conclusions on EU priorities in United Nations human rights fora in 2022 The Council today approved conclusions on the EU’s priorities in UN human rights fora…
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Germany: Property of archives in a German military museum claimed by anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses As reported by The New York Times on 25 January, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany are seeking to obtain…
Economy
Disbursement of EU funds, including the Recovery Fund, must be tied to respect for the rule of law in all Member States. Systematic deficiencies in the rule of law always…
Europe
The French National Assembly adopted on Thursday, January 20, in an open vote, a resolution denouncing the ongoing "genocide" of the Uyghurs, the Muslim minority of Xinjiang persecuted by the…
Europe
New EU Agency for Asylum starts work with reinforced mandate The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) replaces the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) with more tools to support Member…
