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Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn
Human Rights
Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, presented its latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which covers the period from January 2020…
Human Rights
Russian forces in Ukraine faced new allegations of war crimes as UN-appointed independent rights experts published the findings of their report
Human Rights
The members of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) issued the appeal after concluding their first visit to the State of Palestine, conducted from 10 to 21 September.Daniel Fink, who headed…
Human Rights
Addressing the opening of the IAEA’s General Conference in Vienna on Monday, Mr. Grossi said that 53 missions mobilizing more than 100 agency staff have been deployed as part of…
Asia
Discover the shocking reality faced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Over 2,000 homes searched, 400 jailed, and 730 believers charged. Read more.
Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) obliged Bulgaria to create a authorized framework to recognize same-sex relationships. The determination was made within the case of Koilova and Babulkova towards…
Human Rights
The fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-5), organized by UN environment programme UNEP and hosted by Germany, kicks off in Bonn on Monday.“ICCM-5 is expected to…
Human Rights
The World Health Organization’s representative to the DRC, Dr Boureima Hama Sambo, warned that in six eastern provinces, health facilities have been set alight, health workers killed and others face…
Human Rights
France has no intention of announcing a restriction on cars with Russian registration, TASS reported. There is currently no change in French law. This was done by the Baltic states…
Africa
Female circumcision is the partial or total removal of the external genitalia without the medical need to do so About 200 million girls and women now living on planet Earth…
