Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows
Some 464,000 people across the world were victims of homicidal violence in 2017, more than five times the number killed in armed conflict over the […]
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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by US border detention conditions, says holding migrant children may violate international law
Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, underscoring that […]
UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by US border detention conditions, says holding migrant children may violate international law
Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, underscoring that […]
UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday he was “encouraged” by reports of a newly-inked power-sharing deal between the Forces for Freedom and Change – […]
Scores of Rohingya refugee shelters in Bangladesh destroyed by flooding
Heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh have drenched the Cox’s Bazar settlement, home to more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees, destroying some 273 shelters, and injuring 11 […]
Six children among 53 confirmed fatalities after Libya detention centre airstrikes
The toll from Tuesday’s reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured […]
UN Human Rights chief urges Venezuela to halt grave rights violations
The Venezuelan authorities should take immediate steps to halt widespread rights violations being perpetrated against the country’s people and work to resolve “this all-consuming crisis”, […]
UN Human Rights chief urges Venezuela to halt grave rights violations
The Venezuelan authorities should take immediate steps to halt widespread rights violations being perpetrated against the country’s people and work to resolve “this all-consuming crisis”, […]
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Libya ‘war crime’ attack, Sudan, Myanmar rights violations continue, ‘xenophobia’ in Assam, South Sudan update
In the news this Wednesday: “Outraged” Guterres demands independent inquiry into fatal Libya migrant centre airstrike; Violence and broken promises in Sudan and South Sudan, […]
Grievous violations continue against Myanmar civilians, Human Rights Council hears
Marginalized communities in Myanmar still face “grievous human rights violations” at the hands of security forces, a UN-appointed independent expert said this week, while repeating her call […]