Mali facing ‘alarming’ rise in rights violations, warns UN expert
In Mali, a senior UN rights expert on Wednesday described an “alarming” deterioration of the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in northern and eastern […]
Month: July 2018
Women-Friendly Spaces for Rohingya refugees: A place for protection and care
Simple shelters that are little more than huts with bamboo sticks and plastic sheeting for walls, and tarpaulins overhead, are serving a very important purpose […]
‘We will not give up on looking for peace for South Sudan’: UN deputy chief
In a visit to South Sudan on Tuesday, the UN Deputy Secretary-General spoke mother-to-mother with displaced women, pledging that she and other senior women leaders […]
Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office
The UN human rights office is urging Egypt to free a prominent married couple that has been arbitrarily detained for more than a year. UN […]
Palestinian Bedouin community faces demolition after Israeli court ruling, warns UN rights office
A Palestinian Bedouin community is under threat from a demolition order within days, to make way for Israeli settlement expansion, the UN human rights office, […]
UN chief hears ‘heartbreaking accounts’ of suffering from Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh; urges international community to ‘step up support’
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the […]
Europe and Eurasia: Belarusian National Day
http://internationalpeoplesearch.com Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC July 3, 2018 On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, […]
Parliaments can be pillars of democracy and defenders of human rights, says UN chief on International Day
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored the “pivotal role” played by parliaments and their importance to “advance the aspirations” of the citizens they represent. […]
Ben Stiller’s new role, more about hope than humour, as he’s named Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), announced on Monday that the actor, director, producer and philanthropist Ben Stiller, is to become its latest Goodwill Ambassador, […]
Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM
More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean in the past three days, bringing the overall death toll so far this year to more […]