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International Migrants Day 2021
Vienna (Austria) 18 December 2021 - As the world marks International Migrants Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges countries to uphold human rights while combatting…
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Serbia: civil society builds bridges between migrants and health workers
Every year, more than 50 000 refugees and migrants pass through Serbia. On arrival, many are physically exhausted, traumatized, and need medical services and assistance. However, migrants on the move often…
Human Rights
Radev from Brussels: We do not give deadlines to Northern Macedonia
We will continue to defend not only history, but respect for the rights of Macedonian Bulgarians - they must receive their clear constitutional guarantees, the Bulgarian president said. This process…
ECHR
Lifesaving support for new mothers in crisis-wracked Afghanistan
The Malalai Maternity Hospital is one of the busiest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, welcoming around 85 babies into the world every day, including 20 by Caesarean section. But the…
ECHR
Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find…
America
Kremlin ruled out the possibility of the arrest of the Director Alexander Sokurov after his polemic with the President
Kremlin ruled out the possibility of the arrest of director Alexander Sokurov after his polemic with the president over the North Caucasus and the future of Russia. But the head…
Human Rights
Is Montenegro really abiding by EU standards in extradition cases?
In any extradition matter, the requesting state must deliver facts and evidence to support its reasonable suspicion of the perpetration of a crime. However, the Russian request concerning Rossi I…
Human Rights
Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears
The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-controlled areas, as well as across the contact line in eastern territories, held…
Health
“They didn’t help her to overcome or ‘digest’ the rape because they didn’t even believe her”
There is a Spanish blog that is collecting and publishing testimonies of people who say they have suffered mistreatment, or that they have seen it happening, during so-called "treatment" of…
America
The path to two giants. Xinjiang in Stalin’s policy
Despite the fact that East Turkestan was a poor region, it, unlike the Soviet West Turkestan, did not survive the man-made famine of 1931-1932, many fled to neighboring regions and…