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‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea

When they eventually did, her mother said to her, “If you are going to die anyway, better to be shot crossing the two-mile border than starve here.”Shortly thereafter they fled from the Democratic...

Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert

“These ongoing attacks on critical infrastructure are putting lives at risk, worsening the humanitarian crisis, and violating basic human rights,” said Radhouane Nouicer, the designated expert on the human rights situation in Sudan,...

World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week

In recent years, criminal and terrorist groups have seized “every” opportunity afforded by growing instability to “entrench, expand, and escalate,” said Ghada Waly, in her opening remarks to the Commission on Crime Prevention...

UN’s Türk criticises ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali

Volker Türk on Friday called the decree “draconian” and urged Mali’s Transitional President, General Assimi Goïta, to reverse the decree issued earlier this week.Signed on 13 May, the decree dissolves all political parties...

End senseless killings in the West Bank: UN rights office

OHCHR has urged Israel to stop all extrajudicial executions and other unlawful use of force and ensure all those responsible are brought to justice.Over the last two weeks, Israeli security forces killed two...

‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out

Each called for justice under international law and for perpetrators to be held accountable.Sung-Eui Lee, daughter of a South Korean man abducted by North Korean forces during the Korean War, and Ruby Chen,...

‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on ‘killer robots’

“There is no place for lethal autonomous weapon systems in our world,” Mr. Guterres said on Monday, during an informal UN meeting in New York focused on the use and impact of such...

World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Wednesday that most of the new arrivals are women and children.Many have come from Zamzam camp and the city of El Fasher, locations targeted by paramilitary...

Prominent French Jewish Figures Speak Out Against Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

In May 2025, an influential group of French Jewish public figures, including Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur and prominent journalist Anne Sinclair, broke their silence to publicly denounce the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Their statements,...

US deportations raise serious human rights concerns

His Office, OHCHR, has received information that over 100 Venezuelan deportees are being detained at a notorious prison in El Salvador. OHCHR said 142,000 people were deported from the US between 20 January and...

World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali...

The Quartet is calling on the country’s leaders to end hostilities and return to dialogue to fully implement the 2018 peace agreement known as the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict...

UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples

The landmark decision, announced on Thursday, also considered the harm caused to succeeding generations.“Forced displacement is permanent in nature until the victims benefit from a safe and dignified return to their place of...

From Refuge to Genocide: New Light on the Cham People’s Fragmented Identity and Forgotten Tragedy

In a world still grappling with the legacies of forced migration and religious persecution, new academic research is revisiting one of Southeast Asia’s lesser-known tragedies — the complex fate of the Cham people of...

Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow

The 28 March quakes killed over 3,800 people and damaged or destroyed more than 55,000 homes across multiple regions, including Bago, Kayin, Magway, Mandalay, Southern Shan, Naypyitaw and Sagaing.Families already displaced by years...

Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship

“Amidst spiraling conflict, climate chaos, growing divisions, and a rapidly changing digital landscape, a free press is more vital than ever,” said Volker Türk.Furthermore, “the media help us understand the world around us and encourage critical thinking...

Faith Under Fire: How Russia’s War in Ukraine Became a Crusade Against Religious Freedom

In the shattered remains of a once-thriving Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) parish in Crimea, a single icon hangs askew on a cracked wall. Its gold leaf tarnished, the image of Christ stares outward—a...

Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences

Mr. Shahada lost his leg due to a severe injury he suffered in Nuseirat in central Gaza in April 2024, but he picked up his camera and returned to document the tragic events...

Sudan: UN rights chief appeals for greater protection of civilians in besieged El Fasher

“The horror unfolding in Sudan knows no bounds,” Volker Türk said in a statement calling for an end to the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and former ally the Rapid Support...

Afghanistan: Taliban restrictions on women’s rights intensify

The mission continued to receive reports that Afghan women are being denied the opportunity to join the workforce, are unable to access services without a male relative while girls are still deprived of...

Haiti: Mass displacement and deportation surge amid violence

Between January 1 and March 31, at least 1,617 people were killed and 580 others injured in violence involving gangs, self-defence groups, or other members of the population, as well as during security...

One in four female genital mutilation cases now carried out by health workers

While the health sector worldwide plays a key role in stopping the abusive practice of FGM and supporting survivors, in several regions, evidence suggests otherwise.As of 2020, an estimated 52 million girls and...

Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo

Senior UN officials warned on Wednesday that all parties involved in the conflict are systematically using sexual violence as a tactic of war against civilians.Worsening conditions in the eastEscalating attacks by non-State armed...

Outrage as Russian overnight attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians

Reports indicate that the latest Russian strikes damaged 12 buildings in the capital, causing widespread damage to homes, businesses and key services, while phones have been heard ringing from the rubble.Other Ukrainian cities...

Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO

Each year, more than 21 million adolescent girls in low and middle-income countries become pregnant. About half of these pregnancies are unintended. Nine in 10 adolescent births occur among girls who were married...

Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’

Indigenous people are still excluded from decisions regarding “the very foundation of our identity, survival, and self-determination,” said Aluki Kotierk, Chair of the 24th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).This year’s theme...
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