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Mali: Ban slavery by law, say top rights experts
In a call to the Malian authorities to prevent people from being born into slavery, the experts said that the country is the only one in the Sahel region without…
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Afghanistan: Women tell UN rights experts ‘we’re alive, but not living’
“We are alarmed about widespread mental health issues and accounts of escalating suicides among women and girls,” they said in a joint statement. “This extreme situation of institutionalized gender-based discrimination…
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Human rights experts alarmed over ‘imminent executions’ in Saudi Arabia
“Despite being charged with terrorism, they were reportedly arrested for resisting forced evictions in the name of the NEOM project and the construction of a 170km linear city called The…
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Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) sounded the alarm after 36,000 people of Haitian origin were deported during the first three months of the year, according…
Asia
Singapore, Rights experts call for moratorium on the death penalty
Experts appointed called for Singapore to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment, the Government’s continued use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and…
Europe
Will the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU be suspended?
This is the question some activists are asking themselves in Spain The presidency of the Council of the European Union (Consillium) is rotating and changes every six months, with Spain…
Europe
Human rights breaches in Russia, Afghanistan and Nigeria
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights breaches in Russia, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
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‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan
Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe underfunding, the move would “further undermine humanitarian partners’ ability to support the population, especially the most vulnerable such…
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Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
José Francisco Calí Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, expressed hope that governments will follow the Holy See’s lead, noting that its impact is still being…