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INTERVIEW – Seeking justice for sexual abuse victims
Critics have said justice takes too long, and perpetrators are not always held accountable in cases of sexual abuse and exploitation committed by UN personnel.
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In March-April, 12 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 76 years in prison in all
Not only Russian citizens disagreeing about Russia’s war on Ukraine or asking Putin to stop the war are sentenced to heavy prison terms. Jehovah’s Witnesses whose organization was banned by…
Human Rights
Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) sounded the alarm after 36,000 people of Haitian origin were deported during the first three months of the year, according…
Economy
2022 broke records in the art market
The most expensive private collection and the most expensive work of art of the 20th century were sold The past year 2022 will go down in history as one of…
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Russia, Moscow City Court orders oppressive liquidation of human Rights NGO SOVA Center
As reported by SOVA Center, the remaining most active human rights NGO in Russia, the Russian oppressive fist is now falling on them. We reproduce here the statement of SOVA: On April 27, 2023 Judge Vyacheslav Polyga of the Moscow City Court considered the request…
Christianity
The first prison sentence for opposing the war on religious grounds was issued in Russia
A 63-year-old Russian Orthodox Christian has become the first person to be sentenced to prison for expressing his opposition to Russia's war in Ukraine in religious terms. Mikhail Simonov is…
Asia
Singapore, Rights experts call for moratorium on the death penalty
Experts appointed called for Singapore to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment, the Government’s continued use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
Africa
Sudan: Tens of thousands on the move; spectre of ethnic clashes, hunger draws closer
Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and suffering the disastrous consequences of the violence there
Human Rights
UN expert urges Japan to ‘step up pressure’ on Myanmar junta
“The international community’s response to the crisis in Myanmar is failing, and that failure has contributed to a lethal downward spiral that is devastating the lives of millions of people,”…
News
UN condemns ‘inexcusable’ deadly airstrikes in Ukraine
Dozens of civilians across the country were killed and injured, and homes and other vital infrastructure, destroyed. More than 20 people were killed in the small central city of Uman…