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Report details bleak human rights situation in Ukraine nearly three years into Russian invasion

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Covering the period of September to November 2024, the report describes intensified Russian attacks on populated areas, deliberate strikes on energy infrastructure, and efforts to restrict fundamental rights.“Behind each of the facts and...
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Stories from the UN Archive: Roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

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Read our story here:When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the Viet Nam conflict, the civil rights leader likened the...
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Who is Mihai Stoian, the Romanian yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?

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On 20 and 26 December 2024, the City Court of Tbilisi held hearings to decide whether Georgia should extradite Mihai Stoian and his wife Adina arrested in August 2024 on the Turkish-Georgian border on...
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‘Absolutely the wrong path,’ Türk warns against Afghanistan’s ban on women in NGOs

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The measure, issued by the de facto Ministry of Economy on 26 December, enforces a two-year-old decree prohibiting women from working with both national and international NGOs. In his statement, Mr. Türk emphasised the...
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Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage

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In November, following several failed attempts, politicians of all stripes approved a bill to overhaul legislation that has been in effect since 1887, reflecting a deep-rooted practice that violates the rights of children...
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World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council members take their seats

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Regina De Dominicis – who also heads the agency’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office – issued her plea for action after another small boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian...
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Gaza: ‘Every day without a ceasefire will bring more tragedy’

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Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stressed that no place and no one in Gaza has been safe since the war began in October 2023. “As the year begins, we got reports of yet another attack on...
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Haiti gangs crisis: Top rights expert decries attacks on hospitals

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William O’Neill, who reports to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, highlighted an attack on the Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince on 17 December and the killing of several journalists and a...
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Who is Adina Stoian, the female yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?

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On 20 and 26 December 2024, Tbilisi City Court held hearings to decide whether Georgia should extradite Adina Stoian and her husband Mihai arrested in August 2024 on the Turkish-Georgian border on the basis...
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World News in Brief: Deadly China quake, Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, CAR rights defenders, finance and food crises

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At least 126 people were killed and 188 injured in the 7.1-magnitude quake in Dingri county, a remote region near Mount Everest, according to media reports.  Tremors were reportedly felt in Nepal, Bhutan...
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First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country

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After the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Ms. Al Zamel and her family relocated to Egypt. She stayed there with her family for three years but the situation for refugees deteriorated...
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Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority

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The development comes one week after a court in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank ordered the closure of several Al Jazeera websites. A Palestinian Authority ministerial committee had earlier justified the enforced...
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Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise

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His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast, and amid reports of an imminent battle for control...
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US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education

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Independent rights expert Reem Alsalem hailed the landmark 9 January decision by the Kentucky court declaring the US Department of Education’s regulations implementing the Title IX legislation as unlawful. The ruling extends nationwide. Title...
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UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria

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“I arrived, I have to say, with a heavy heart, given the compounded traumas over decades in both countries, but I see signs of new beginnings,” said Volker Türk – speaking in the...
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UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus

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Speaking from Damascus after meeting the leader of the caretaker authorities, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Mr. Türk said that he had been “assured…of the importance of respect for human rights for all Syrians and all...
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Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist

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“The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes’ required by international law for the death penalty,” the Human Rights Council-appointed experts stated. “Her death sentence constitutes...
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‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk

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For many workers, defending human rights is not just a job, but a calling. As he noted, many “work out of a deep sense of service to others, and a desire to make...
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New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens

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At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face and suggests ways to reduce the potential harm. The latest report, Prospects for Children 2025: Building...
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Alaska Educator Forcibly Committed to Psych drugs for Expressing Her Faith

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Alaska Educator Sues Psychiatric Facility After Being Forcibly Committed for Expressing Her Faith Mary Fulp, a respected educator and the 2022 Alaska Principal of the Year, never expected that her heartfelt expression of faith would...
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More than 5,600 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2024

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These deaths represent an increase of over 1,000 on the total killings for 2023, according to figures verified by OHCHR.  A further 2,212 people were injured and 1,494 kidnapped.“These figures alone cannot capture...
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Rights experts call for immediate release of Abu Zubaydah from Guantánamo

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On Monday the United States military sent 11 long-term detainees from the facility to Oman after reaching agreement with the Government there on relocation and resettlement. Only 15 detainees now remain, according to news...
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Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks

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In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians – an increase of 30 per cent over the...
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UN Commission notes renewed sense of optimism in Syria during first-ever visit

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Commissioner Hanny Megally led the team, which met with officials, including in the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs.Discussions covered justice for victims and families, the protection of mass graves and evidence, and...
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US: Rights experts urge Senate to reject bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court

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The ICC issued arrest warrants in November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.Go here to read our...
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