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China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders 10 August 2023 © Unsplash/Aden Lao Two elderly Tibetan people walk to a religious event in Lhasa. UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.  …

Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean 10 August 2023 IOM/Hussein Ben Mosa Thousands of migrants and refugees have lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean. (file) Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens…

UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador 10 August 2023 © Unsplash/David Golding Quito, Ecuador's capital. The United Nations has strongly condemned the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, urging authorities to investigate the crime. Fernando Villavicencio, 59…

Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge 10 August 2023 © WFP/Claire Nevill A woman and her child displaced by conflict in northern Ethiopia. (file) An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region…

Ukraine: Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant initiates reactor shutdown following water leak, reports IAEA

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant initiates reactor shutdown following water leak, reports IAEA 10 August 2023 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl An IAEA expert mission team tours Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its surrounding area. (file) The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has begun transitioning one of its reactor units from a hot shutdown to a cold shutdown after a water leak was…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Congratulate Italy on Reception Centres for Unaccompanied Minors, Ask about Racism in Sport and Hate Crimes against Roma, Sinti and Camminanti Communities

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Congratulate Italy on Reception Centres for Unaccompanied Minors, Ask about Racism in Sport and Hate Crimes against Roma, Sinti and Camminanti Communities 09 August 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration…

UN rights chief concludes visit to Iraq

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief concludes visit to Iraq 09 August 2023 UN Human Rights Volker Türk visits Iraq for the first time as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The UN rights chief concluded his first ever visit to Iraq, where he highlighted pressing human rights concerns, climate change impacts, and the need for reforms. He also called for the country’s leaders to be guided by the interests of…

COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest'

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest' 09 August 2023 © WHO/Pierre Albouy Dr Tedros, Director-General of the World Health Organization, speaks following his re-election during the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking several COVID-19 "variants of interest", including EG.5 which…

Indigenous Day celebrates youth shaping a sustainable tomorrow

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Indigenous Day celebrates youth shaping a sustainable tomorrow 09 August 2023 UNFPA Brazil/Isabela Martel Lutana Ribeiro is the only female chief of Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. As the world celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, the theme of "Indigenous youth as agents of…

Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official 09 August 2023 © UNFPA Chad/Muriel Kobena Women and girls fleeing conflict in Sudan are provided with assistance by UNFPA in Toumtouma camp, eastern Chad. Ongoing mediation efforts aimed at resolving the conflict in Sudan are critical,  a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning against the risk…