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MEPs endorse plan to provide more ammunition for Ukraine

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On Thursday, Parliament backed a draft bill to increase European production of missiles and ammunition for Ukraine.
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Expert: ECHR article not in line with international human rights standards

Torsten Hjelmar -
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearing with experts held last week looked into the discriminatory ideology at the root of why the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) limits the right...
Christianity

Teshuvah – the Way of Return

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On a shallow level, ‘Teshuvah’ simply refers to someone who goes back to the Jewish faith and resumes its practice after lapsing. On a deeper level, it is much more. You 'return' from the midst...
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Exploring Padova’s Religious Diversity: A Journey with a special focus on Scientology

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A documentary explores the Church of Scientology Padova and its activities while covering the rich diversity of the city.
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Who Was Witold Pilecki? a WWII Hero with a meeting room at the EU Parliament

Juan Sanchez Gil -
Witold Pilecki's story is one of courage and sacrifice, and a meeting room of the European Parliament has just been inaugurated with his name, 75 years after being executed by Stalin. President of the...
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Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO

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In its new Monitor on the World of Work report, ILO shows that while in high-income countries, only 8.2 per cent of people willing to work are jobless, that number rises to over 21...
Human Rights

UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch 

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The country, commonly known as North Korea, attempted to fire off its first military reconnaissance satellite earlier that day but it crashed into the sea, according to media reports.  The DPRK has reportedly pledged to...
Human Rights

Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

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The draconian law foresees the application of the death penalty and long prison sentences for consensual sex between adults. Non-discrimination principle Mr. Guterres called on Uganda to fully respect its international human rights obligations, “in particular...
Human Rights

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

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Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović were convicted by the court – part of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) which took over from the ICTY – in 2021, for their roles training...
Bahai

Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown

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NEW YORK—27 May 2023— Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25 May, detaining and forcibly disappearing at least 17 people, including five women....
Human Rights

Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

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“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the 18 Special Rapporteurs and Human Rights Council-appointed Working Group rights’...
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IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

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Delivering his latest update, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reported that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – the largest in Europe - remains extremely fragile and dangerous. Military operations continue in...
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WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere

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WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some 50 per cent of sea level rise, which is accelerating, with disastrous impacts on small island developing states (SIDS) and...
Human Rights

UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify

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WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in both Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) controlled...
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Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

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The latest integrated food security phase classification (IPC) analysis, reported on Sunday that of the total number of affected people, 1.8 million are in an emergency-level phase of need. This means that households face large...
Human Rights

Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war

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“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, briefing the Security Council on recent political and humanitarian developments. A range...
News

Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears

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“Racism and xenophobia continue to spoil our communities, like scars that spoil the fabric of society. The hatred and violence they engender persist, demanding our collective efforts to eradicate racial violence in all its...
Europe

Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s PM dissolves Parliament and calls for national elections

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According to EL MUNDO, the scale of the defeat and the loss of socialist territorial power have forced the president of the government to "assume the defeat in the first person". The president summons...
Ahmadiyya

HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis

Willy Fautre -
Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon the UN, the EU and the OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order for 103 Ahmadis Today, a Turkish court has released a deportation order concerning...
News

International Day of UN Peacekeepers honours 75 years of service and sacrifice

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“United Nations peacekeepers are the beating heart of our commitment to a more peaceful world,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for the Day. He called for continued support for these men and women,...
News

UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 ‘hotspots’

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Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. Additionally, a likely El Niño – a naturally occurring climatic phenomenon that has a...
Food

Antidote for the most poisonous mushroom in the world found

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The toxins contained in 5 grams of green fly agaric (Amanita phalloides), also known as the "death cap, are enough to kill a 70 kg person Green toadstools are nondescript mushrooms: with stumps the size...
Europe

Pollution: MEPs support stricter rules to reduce industrial emissions

European Parliament -
The Environment Committee adopted its position on EU rules to further reduce pollution and steer large agro-industrial installations in the green transition.
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Malaysia: ‘Everyone has a migration story’, now let’s eat

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“I can’t think of a better way than using food to bring everyone to the table,” said Elroi Yee, an investigative reporter and producer of the Dari Dapur campaign. “We need shared stories that...
News

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period poverty

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Period poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating girls and women grapple with monthly and a spotlight topic on Menstrual Hygiene Day,...
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