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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…
Human Rights
The UN’s Special Rapporteur for Russia, Mariana Katzarova, sounded the alarm on what she says is a pattern of suppression of civil and political rights there. Addressing the Human Rights Council…
Human Rights
Ongoing peace talks provide a glimpse of hope that a political resolution to the conflict is on the horizon. However, on International Day of Peace, celebrated annually on 21 September, humanitarian needs…
Human Rights
A new report by UNAMA’s Human Rights Service has documented over 1,600 cases of human rights violations including torture, committed by the de facto authorities across the country during the…
Human Rights
Protests erupted throughout the country on Saturday marking the one-year anniversary of the 22-year-old Iranian woman’s death after she was detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly not wearing her…
Human Rights
That’s the message from UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who called for strong leadership and political will from States to heed the call of people of African descent for accountability…
Africa
The latest report on Ethiopia documents atrocities perpetrated “by all parties to the conflict” since 3 November 2020 – date of the armed conflict in Tigray
Human Rights
As governments increasingly use unilateral sanctions measures to pursue foreign policy objectives, it has become common for businesses, including banks and financial institutions to over-comply with them, said the UN…
