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Sanction Persecutors of Falun Gong
About Falun Gong // July 20 marks the anniversary of one of the bloodiest, and yet widely unacknowledged assaults on religious freedom in the contemporary world, medieval in its violence....
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Unitaid: Close to a million deaths by 2035 if TB prevention is not acted on
The UN agency insisted that implementing a combined strategy of identifying household contacts and providing TB preventive treatment is cost-effective.Unitaid said it could cut deaths by 35 per cent among...
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Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMO
In an alert, the agency emphasized that heatwaves are amongst the deadliest natural hazards and WMO Senior Heat Advisor, John Nairn, told reporters that extreme temperatures are poised to grow...
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UK Bill ‘significantly erodes’ human rights and refugee protections, UN agencies warn
Concerns over legislationThe Illegal Immigration Bill eliminates access to asylum for anyone who arrives “irregularly” in the UK, meaning they passed through a country – however briefly – where they...
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UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’
The annual celebration pays tribute to Mr. Mandela’s 67 years of service to humanity as a human rights lawyer, prisoner of conscience, international peacemaker and the first democratically elected President...
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Tunisia: UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights
“Collective expulsions are prohibited under international law,” the UN experts warned in a statement.They emphasized that it is prohibition under international human rights law to deport migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers...
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Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich
Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia and Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, were responding to the 31-year-old United States citizen’s...
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Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end
He was speaking in Geneva at the annual meeting on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, referencing in-depth conversations he had had in recent months with Indigenous representatives during missions to...
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Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound
Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022, compared with the previous year as countries increase efforts meant to combat the historic backsliding in immunisation triggered by the...
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Kenya: OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over disproportionate use of force against protesters
The demonstrations began over what many Kenyans view as unfair tax hikes and rising inflation in the country, according to news reports.OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurance issued a statement condemning the violence,...