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UN agencies condemn Thailand’s deportation of Uyghurs to China

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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the forced return of the Uyghurs, who had been detained in Thailand for over 11 years, was deeply troubling.“This violates the principle of non-refoulement...
Human Rights

Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza

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Mr. Türk – making his closing remarks during the session reporting on the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the Human Rights Council - said he was deeply troubled by the “dangerous manipulation of language”...
Human Rights

Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists

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Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on conditions inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mr. Türk condemned the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel that sparked the war in October 2023.The UN High Commissioner...
Human Rights

UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions

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“While a number of countries argue that it lies within their national sovereignty, from my perspective, it is incompatible with human dignity and the right to life,” the High Commissioner told Member States, during...
Human Rights

World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

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On the opening day of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Secretary-General rounded on “warmongers who thumb their nose at international law, international humanitarian law and the UN Charter”.To date, Ukraine has...
Africa

The HumanRights4Prosperity Program Acts Worldwide: A Success Model in Guinea-Bissau

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In Guinea-Bissau, in June 2019, a training session on understanding and applying the values promoted by Human Rights was provided to a hundred women. The main objective of this training was to educate women...
Human Rights

From suits to social justice: World’s top human rights forum turns stage over

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Trading suits, ties and debates for DJ turntables, bright traditional Indigenous garb and ancient instruments, three performers – an anthropologist, an R&B singer and a genre-defying artist – showcased their music and messages...
Human Rights

What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?

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The United Nations supports the principle in multiple ways, from addressing economic inequality to access to education, healthcare, and the protection of human rights, with the aim of creating a world where everyone...
Health

Scientologists Lead Human Rights Advocacy in Mental Health Through CCHR Exhibition in the Netherlands

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Netherlands – February 18, 2025 – The Netherlands Committee for Human Rights Foundation (NCRM), in collaboration with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), successfully hosted the traveling exhibition “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” at the Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam. This powerful...
Human Rights

UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan

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In a new report, UN investigators detailed multiple attacks on civilians, healthcare facilities, markets, and schools, as well as ethnically motivated summary executions.“The continued and deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects, as...
Human Rights

UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank

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Since the start of the offensive on 21 January, Israeli forces have killed at least 44 Palestinians, including five children and two women, in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas governorates, and four refugee camps...
Human Rights

Belarus: Violations remain ‘widespread and systematic’, says independent expert group

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The Group of Independent Experts on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus established in 2024, was tasked with investigating alleged violations since 2020 – when a disputed election saw President Alexander Lukashenko returned...
FORB

European Church of Scientology Engages in Global Religious Freedom Advocacy at IRF Summit 2025

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KINGNEWSWIRE // Washington, D.C. – February 6, 2025 – The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit 2025 brought together a diverse coalition of religious leaders, human rights advocates, and policymakers to discuss global religious freedom challenges....
Human Rights

UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees

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“Images of emaciated Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement have been deeply distressing,” Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said in a statement.  He added that...
Human Rights

Bangladesh protests probe reveals top leaders led brutal repression

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In addition to those killed by the former government’s security and intelligence services alongside Awami League party associates, a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into...
Africa

COMECE Appeals to EU for Immediate Intervention in Goma, DRC Conflict

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As the European Parliament prepares to vote on a resolution regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) later this week, His Eminence Mgr. Mariano Crociata, President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences...
Human Rights

Short-range drones: The deadliest threat to civilians in Ukraine

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With increasing reports of these drones striking civilians in cars, on buses and on public streets, UN monitors have raised serious concerns about potential violations of international humanitarian law.According to HRMMU’s latest monthly update...
Europe

Mohamad Alkayali, a Syrian refugee victim of the weaponization of INTERPOL by Saudi Arabia

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A Syrian Refugee Trapped by a Politically Motivated Red Notice In the early hours of December 28, 2024, Mohamad Alkayali, a Syrian refugee who has lived legally in Turkiye since 2014, was arrested by Turkish...
Human Rights

Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya

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Nineteen bodies were discovered in Jakharrah, around 400 km south of the coastal city of Benghazi, while at least 30 more were found in a mass grave in the Alkufra desert in the...
Human Rights

‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss

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It has been two months since Bashar al-Assad, the former president of Syria, was forced to flee the country, as rebel forces – now installed as the interim government – advanced on Damascus,...
Human Rights

Sudan: Civilian death toll triples in one week amid escalating hostilities

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This figure represents a threefold increase from the previous week, when at least 89 civilians lost their lives amid the ongoing hostilities.The crisis is compounded by intensifying violence in South Kordofan and Blue...
Human Rights

International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions move

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The court was established by the Rome Statute, negotiated within the UN – but it is a fully independent court set up to try the gravest crimes, including crimes against humanity. Read our...
Human Rights

DR Congo: Rights chief warns crisis could worsen, without international action

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Since 26 January, nearly 3,000 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in attacks by the M23 and their allies “with heavy weapons used in populated areas, and intense fighting against the armed...
Council of Europe

Council of Europe in a divided position on human rights

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The permanent representatives in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Wednesday decided to move ahead on a review process collecting another opinion of a controversial draft text for a new additional...
Human Rights

‘She had a syringe, razor blade, and bandages’: Surviving genital mutilation

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Zeinaba Mahr Aouad, a 24-year-old woman from Djibouti, remembers the day when, as a ten-year-old, an unexpected visitor came to her house: “She had a syringe, a razor blade and bandages.”The woman was...
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