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Libya floods: UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys

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More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent of water from two dams which burst, sweeping away whole neighbourhoods of the port...
Human Rights

UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks

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"There has been almost one attack every other day hitting vital port and grain facilities in Ukraine," said Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown, in a statement on Wednesday. Assault on grain exportsA Russian drone...
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Türk: Ethnically motivated attacks leave hundreds dead in Sudan

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“Such developments echo a horrific past that must not be repeated,” said Volker Türk UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, marking “five months of futile suffering, death, loss and destruction.”Mounting casualtiesSpeaking at the...
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Syria: Urgent response needed to uptick in fighting, economic crisis

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In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) body found that attacks on civilians, escalating fighting, economic decline and human rights violations persist, despite the country’s re-admission to the League of...
Human Rights

Afghanistan: Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk

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“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse,” he told the Human Rights Council, before sounding the alarm over ongoing reports of extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests and detentions,...
Human Rights

Sri Lanka urged to conduct probe into 2019 attack

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Addressing the forum in Geneva, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada-Al Nashif also urged the Sri Lankan authorities to accelerate investigations and prosecutions probing cases of human rights violations, in particular, the 2019...
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War crimes intensifying: Myanmar human rights investigators

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"The frequency and intensity of war crimes and crimes against humanity has only increased in recent months,” said Nicholas Koumjian, head of the investigation team, formally known as the Independent Investigative Mechanism for...
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Türk blasts ‘politics of repression and division’, stresses freedom and development link

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Addressing the opening of the Council’s 54th session, Mr. Türk strongly condemned the “old, blunt, brutal politics of repression” as exemplified by a rise in military coups and the crushing of dissent –...
Human Rights

First Person: Family death ‘turning point’ in South Sudanese humanitarian’s life

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She is currently deployed with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, to the north of her country, supporting refugees who are fleeing conflict in Sudan. She has been speaking to UN News ahead of World Humanitarian Day ...
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Five Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 30 years in prison in all

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Discover the ongoing persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, where believers face imprisonment for practicing their faith in private.
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Stamp out hate speech, persecution based on faith: Guterres

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres was delivering his message marking the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief and began by reiterating that freedom of belief is “an...
Human Rights

Rights expert urges India to release detained activist

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GN Saibaba, a former English professor at Delhi University, was arrested in 2014 and accused of links to banned Maoist groups, according to media reports.He was sentenced to life imprisonment three years later...
Human Rights

Afghanistan’s Taliban responsible for revenge killings, torture of former officials

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A new publication from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) presents “credible” reports that between 15 August 2021 and 30 June 2023, the country’s de facto authorities were responsible for 218 extrajudicial killings,...
Human Rights

Abolish human exploitation once and for all, UNESCO chief urges

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It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to recognize the equal and unconditional dignity of each and every individual
Human Rights

Greece: Rights experts condemn ‘racist violence’ against asylum-seekers

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That’s the message from the group of eight experts, including Ashwini K.P., the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, who urged Greece on Wednesday to investigate alleged violations against asylum-seekers.They said that...
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Central African Republic: ‘Tensions and divisions’ eroding human rights

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“Given the tensions and divisions arising from the constitutional referendum, the Central African authorities urgently need to engage all actors in a genuine political dialogue aimed at de-escalating the situation”, said Yao Agbetse, the...
Human Rights

Six years on, still no justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya

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Friday, 25 August, marks the sixth anniversary of the start of a massive offensive by Myanmar’s military against the mainly Muslim minority in Rakhine state.Some 10,000 Rohingya men, women, children and newborns were...
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Russia hits ‘new low’ with ban against discrediting army: Rights experts

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The law was adopted shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Special Rapporteurs said they had already raised serious concerns over the law with the Russian Government and through public statements.“The decision to deny...
Human Rights

Repel intensifying attacks on schools, urges Guterres

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Marking the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it was important to defend “havens of education”.“Education is not only a fundamental human right, but a pathway to a...
Human Rights

Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia

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OHCHR said that at least 120,000 people across Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia may be held in situations where they are forced to execute lucrative online scams - from illegal gambling to...
Human Rights

UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme

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As of the end of 2022, close to 2,900 people were still being held under the scheme.Unresolved legacyBetween 2005 and 2012, English and Welsh courts used the IPP legislation to issue indeterminate sentences...
Human Rights

DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped

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DR Congo has the highest tally of UN-verified grave violations against children in places experiencing armed conflict
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Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent

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They stressed that more than ever, the world urgently needs humanity to unite and collaborate in a spirit of equality and non-discrimination. “This demands political will to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, inequality and...
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Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances

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Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity it generates is not limited to close relatives of the disappeared,...
Human Rights

Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists

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“We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in Mexico,” they said in a statement, issued in the wake of two recent incidents.Brutal killing Human...
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