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Bangladesh at a crossroad, says senior UN official

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh at a crossroad, says senior UN official 06 August 2024 UN Bangladesh/Mithu Smoke rises from a store set on fire by protestors in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The resignation and departure of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister after weeks of bloody protests has been met with “euphoria” alongside some concern over the government’s transition, the UN’s top official in Bangladesh said in an…

Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team 05 August 2024 © IOC/John Huet Refugee athlete Cindy Ngamba (left) is set to become the first ever medalist for the Refugee Olympic Team. Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first ever refugee athlete guaranteed to receive an Olympic medal – the colour yet to be determined – following a dominant quarter-final boxing match at the Paris…

Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation 05 August 2024 © OHCHR/Pierre Albouy UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as tensions mount in the wake of recent deadly attacks linked to the war in…

Iran's protest crackdown disproportionately targeting minorities: UN experts

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Iran's protest crackdown disproportionately targeting minorities: UN experts 05 August 2024 © Unsplash/Arman Taherian Chamran Highway, Tehran, Iran Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic and religious minorities since 2022, particularly in the Kurd and Baluch communities, according to a new advocacy paper released by…

Nine UNRWA staff to be fired for potential role in 7 October attacks on Israel

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Nine UNRWA staff to be fired for potential role in 7 October attacks on Israel 05 August 2024 United Nations Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.…

Israel: Amid reports of torture inside jails, rights experts call for end to impunity

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israel: Amid reports of torture inside jails, rights experts call for end to impunity 05 August 2024 © UNRWA More than 1 million people have been displaced in Gaza, the majority multiple times. Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of the iceberg”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Monday, calling for swift action to end…

UN Special Adviser urges States to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN Special Adviser urges States to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable 05 August 2024 © UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne Barbed wire around a camp for some 25,000 people displaced from Srebrenica. The fence was there to keep people from wandering into the surrounding fields that may have been mined. (1995 photo) The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is urging States hosting…

Bangladesh: UN urges peaceful transition as PM resigns and flees the country

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Bangladesh: UN urges peaceful transition as PM resigns and flees the country 05 August 2024 © UNSPLASH/Shafiqul Islam The Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, pictured here, along with other cities, has witnessed widespread anti-Government protests. Top United Nations officials underscored the need for a peaceful and democratic transition in Bangladesh after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Thirteenth Session in Geneva

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Thirteenth Session in Geneva 05 August 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and thirteenth session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.Guillaume Ngefa,…

Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief 04 August 2024 © UNICEF/Zhantu Chakma Vista de Dhaka, la capital de Bangladesh. The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend…