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DPR Korea: UN report finds human rights situation still dire, a decade on
Human Rights
The rights office, OHCHR, interviewed 314 witnesses who left the DPRK – more commonly known as North Korea – and consulted with several organizations and experts to evaluate the human…
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By Eric Roux Eric Roux is the Chair of the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative (URI), the world’s largest grassroots interfaith network, active in over 110 countries, and…
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Shortly after presenting a mandated report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, Mohamed Chande Othman, insisted that both the Sudanese…
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“They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed they only wanted to fight soldiers, but they punished the…
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Doing so is key to dismantling systemic racism that is rooted in legacies of slavery and colonialism, it said.Actions include formal apologies, truth-seeking, memorialisation and education measures, medical and psychosocial…
Africa
In a conflict as long and devastating as Sudan’s, optics are important, perhaps especially so when the conflict has its roots in a split between forces who once fought alongside each other.…
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US authorities deported between 30 and 60 Russian citizens in one day in the middle of this week, Dmitry Valuev, president of the non-governmental organization Russian America for Democracy in…
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KINGNEWSWIRE / Press Release / When Isabelle Vladoiu speaks about human dignity, it carries the weight of both personal experience and global expertise. Born in post-Communist Romania, Isabelle grew up…
Human Rights
“It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all and to recognise the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual,” Ms. Azoulay said.The Day is intended…
Human Rights
This year marks the eighth commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism. It serves to honour victims and survivors, elevate their voices,…
