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Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights experts

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In a statement on Friday, the experts said that emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence-based biometric surveillance systems, are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts”, without individuals’ knowledge or consent ‘Urgent red lines’ must be drawn “Urgent and...
Human Rights

Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transfers

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Russian attacks overnight, killed three people – including the girl’s mother – and wounded 11 others, according to news reports. It followed a reported 17 strikes on the capital during May, and the fourth...
Human Rights

UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

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The cuts will reduce the value of rations provided to Rohingya refugees to $8 per month, or 27 cents per day. At the beginning of the year, refugees were receiving a ration of $12 per...
Human Rights

UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

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Pride Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, diversity, and achievements of LGBTQI individuals, UNAIDS said in a press release, while also reflecting on continuing struggle for full equality, dignity and recognition. This momentous...
Europe

Expert: ECHR article not in line with international human rights standards

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearing with experts held last week looked into the discriminatory ideology at the root of why the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) limits the right...
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Who Was Witold Pilecki? a WWII Hero with a meeting room at the EU Parliament

Juan Sanchez Gil -
Witold Pilecki's story is one of courage and sacrifice, and a meeting room of the European Parliament has just been inaugurated with his name, 75 years after being executed by Stalin. President of the...
Human Rights

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

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Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović were convicted by the court – part of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) which took over from the ICTY – in 2021, for their roles training...
Human Rights

UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch 

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The country, commonly known as North Korea, attempted to fire off its first military reconnaissance satellite earlier that day but it crashed into the sea, according to media reports.  The DPRK has reportedly pledged to...
Human Rights

Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

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The draconian law foresees the application of the death penalty and long prison sentences for consensual sex between adults. Non-discrimination principle Mr. Guterres called on Uganda to fully respect its international human rights obligations, “in particular...
Bahai

Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown

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NEW YORK—27 May 2023— Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25 May, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17 people, including five women....
Human Rights

UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify

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WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in both Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) controlled...
Human Rights

Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war

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“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, briefing the Security Council on recent political and humanitarian developments. A range...
Human Rights

Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

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“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the 18 Special Rapporteurs and Human Rights Council-appointed Working Group rights’...
Ahmadiyya

HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis

Willy Fautre -
Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon the UN, the EU and the OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order for 103 Ahmadis Today, a Turkish court has released a deportation order concerning...
Council of Europe

PACE issues final statement on deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities

Torsten Hjelmar -
The Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) review on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities acknowledged in a written comment the Council’s decision-making body, the Committee of Ministers (CM)...
Ahmadiyya

Over 100 Ahmadis at Turkish-Bulgarian frontier face imprisonment, or death if deported

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More than one hundred members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who presented themselves at the Turkish-Bulgarian border on May 24 requesting asylum face deportation within the next...
Human Rights

Despite ‘slightly’ improved food security in Yemen, hunger stalks millions

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“The United Nations and its partners made strides in rolling back the worst food insecurity last year, but these gains remain fragile, and 17 million people are still food insecure in Yemen,” said David...
Human Rights

‘Safe digital public square’ never more important, says Türk

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Volker Türk was issuing a clarion call to protect and expand civic space, arguing that it’s the only way to enable us all “to play a role in political, economic, and social life, at...
Human Rights

UNESCO unveils new AI roadmap for classrooms

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Less than 10 per cent of schools and universities follow formal guidance on using wildly popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools, like the chatbot software ChatGPT, according to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
Culture

A play about Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria to be performed at the Edinburgh International Festival

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The play will also be presented at the Embassy of Bulgaria in London at the end of July and the beginning of September - before and after the festival in Edinburgh The English theater troupe...
Human Rights

UN peacekeepers ‘a beacon of hope and protection’: Guterres

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He said the men and women that serve, from 125 countries, across 12 operations, were working to support security, stability and the rule of law. “They represent the beating heart of the United Nations’ commitment to peace”,...
Human Rights

UN representative alarmed by sexual violence against women and girls in DRC

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“Allegations of grave cases of sexual violence against civilians, including children, in particular affecting IDPs fleeing conflict in the eastern DRC, is a matter of profound concern which requires immediate action,” said the top...
Human Rights

Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk appealed to the leaders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and of the Rapid Support Forces, locked in conflict since 15 April, to “issue clear instructions” to...
Human Rights

Guterres: ‘We can turn the tide’ towards ending colonialism

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“Our shared goal is to give greater priority to the decolonization agenda and spur accelerated action,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Special Committee on Decolonization, or C-24, regional seminar. Established by the General Assembly...
Human Rights

‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount

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“There is no time to spare,” said Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. “We must take action, not only to ensure Palestinian well-being and governance, but as an integral...
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