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FRANCE – I was a victim of a police raid and was abusively detained for two days and two nights

Willy Fautre -
Inappropriate and disproportionate use of massive police raids on several yoga centers and abusive detention of dozens of yoga practitioners. Still no progress in the judicial proceedings. “In the last ten years, I have been...
Europe

RUSSIA: Shootings in several cities of Dagestan, a synagogue and churches attacked

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At least 19 people were victims of an attack on police officers, Orthodox churches and synagogues in Dagestan Derbent and Makhachkala on Sunday evening. Five attackers were killed, the authorities said: two in Derbent...
Africa

Albino Children: Superstitions in Africa

Gabriel Carrion Lopez -
Being an albino child in Africa is like carrying a permanent tombstone on your shoulders. When they are born, they are usually, in many cases repudiated, in others sold to those who kill them...
Bahai

Ten women Iranian prisoners issue statement as #OurStoryIsOne marks one year

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GENEVA—18 June 2024— In a moving statement, 10 Iranian women imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison have honored 10 Iranian Baha’i women imprisoned four decades earlier, in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. The statement echoes the #OurStoryIsOne campaign,...
Human Rights

Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’

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Although many States have intensified their efforts towards eradication, the practice continues across the world in part due to “the clandestine nature of cross-border and transnational FGM,” it said.“Female genital mutilation is part...
Editor's choice

Beware of the infiltration of pro-Putin journalists in the Brussels-EU Bubble 

Willy Fautre -
Researchers of the Brussels-based NGO Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) have just discovered an infiltration attempt by a pro-Putin Ukrainian media activist in the Brussels-EU Bubble where he plans to spread false information about Russia’s war on Ukraine...
Human Rights

Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate

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Human Rights

Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe

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This was among the conclusions listed in the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, released on Wednesday.“Amid months of losses and...
Human Rights

From AI to war zones, UN hosts largest global meeting on disability issues

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Welcome to this first ever guest-edited UN News live page. We’re reporting from the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the...
Human Rights

What’s going on at COSP17?

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They are gathering at the largest global disability rights-focused meeting, known as the 17th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or COSP17, which runs from...
Human Rights

First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover

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That’s happening on the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, taking place from 11 to...
Human Rights

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 5 fast facts

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The landmark legally binding treaty entered into force on 3 May 2008, marking a major milestone in the effort to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights for...
Human Rights

Amid Gaza war, children now work so families can survive: ILO

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Details of that development and the “unprecedented devastation” to the Palestinian jobs market and the wider economy beyond Gaza and the West Bank are outlined in a new report from the ILO.Ahead of its...
Human Rights

UN chief condemns escalating violence and civilian attacks in Myanmar

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UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the Secretary-General “strongly condemns” recent attacks by the Myanmar military in Rakhine State and Sagaing Region that have reportedly claimed the lives of many civilians.“The Secretary-General is deeply...
Human Rights

War must never be normalized for child victims: Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine

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In remarks to commemorate the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, Denise Brown also noted that boys and girls in frontline regions have had to spend the equivalent of seven months...
Human Rights

More than 500 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank: UN rights chief

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Two of the latest fatalities were 16-year-old Ahmed Ashraf Hamidat and 17-year-old Mohammed Musa Al Bitar, both shot “at a distance of about 70 metres while running away after throwing stones and/or Molotov...
Human Rights

UN human rights chief sounds alarm over rising violence in Burkina Faso

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Allegations of responsibility point to both armed groups and State actors.“While armed groups are presumed responsible for the vast majority of incidents and victims and should be held accountable, I am also deeply...
Human Rights

Hypocrisy and manipulation: The selective silence of Israel’s detractors

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Those who read me know that I am not gentle with the Netanyahu government and that I defend the idea of two states (Israel and Palestine) in the Middle East. I did not wait for the Israeli response to Hamas' terrorist attacks to do so. However, in the face of the current wave of protests and criticism, I can't help but wonder: where were all these demonstrators and politicians before this last war? Why have we never heard them talk about two states? Why have they never gone to Gaza or Ramallah? The answer is simple: they didn't care about the Palestinians.
Human Rights

Human rights experts highlight threats to journalists covering Iran

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The experts highlighted recent incidents targeting the Persian language news service Iran International, its journalists and staff, and its owner Volant Media UK Limited. Death threats and intimidation against the staff escalated into...
Human Rights

Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities

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In a new report on the situation in Gaza for May 2024, the authors cited testimonies “from medics and whistleblowers” that injured detainees have been held at a field hospital with “shackled hands and...
Europe

Qatar regularly rescues Ukrainian children illegally transferred and kept by Russia

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On 22 May, it was announced that 13 Ukrainian children were returned from Russian-occupied territories to their homeland thanks to the mediating role of Qatar and a Ukrainian NGO.  Qatar mediated the release of six...
Human Rights

UN establishes International Day of reflection for Srebrenica genocide

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Adopting a resolution with the same title, the Assembly also asked the Secretary-General to establish an outreach programme on the Srebrenica genocide in preparation for the 30th anniversary next year.It further condemned any...
Human Rights

Myanmar: UN rights office warns of growing crisis in Rakhine state

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Fierce battles have intensified between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group, displacing tens of thousands of people in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in recent days.An estimated 45,000 Rohingya...
Editor's choice

A Russian Jehovah’s Witness was sentenced to 8 years in prison 

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On May 16, 2024, the Samara Regional Court confirmed the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Alexander Chagan to 8 years in prison under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 Criminal Code (organization of the activities of...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Myanmar violence intensifies, praise for Brazil refugee response, Baháí detainees in Yemen

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“Our team on the ground is deeply alarmed by the latest reports of further escalating violence and destruction taking place in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing reporters at UN...
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