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Myanmar demands greater focus urges UN rights chief, three years after coup
30 January 2024
Three years after the military deposed the elected Government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights crisis in the country is now in freefall, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday, appealing for greater attention from the international community.
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USA: Rights experts slam ‘outrageous’ execution of inmate by nitrogen gas suffocation
30 January 2024
Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council unequivocally condemned the recent execution of an American inmate by nitrogen gas inhalation – the first time ever that the method has been used.
Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was executed in the southern state of Alabama…
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Non-Governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Niger, Tajikistan, Italy and Turkmenistan
29 January 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Niger, Tajikistan,…
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Seventh Session in Geneva
29 January 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-seventh session, hearing a statement from Andrea Ori, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…
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Gaza: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians
29 January 2024
Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan Younis, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as the UN agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, reported that its shelters were now four times over-capacity.
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Latest Mediterranean deaths highlight need for safe migration routes
29 January 2024
Nearly 100 people have died or disappeared crossing the central and eastern Mediterranean so far this year – more than twice the number for the same period in 2023, the deadliest year for migrants at sea in Europe since 2016 – the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.…
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World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor
29 January 2024
The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subsequent lack of accountability are fuelling the violence stemming from the war between rival militaries in Sudan, the ICC Prosecutor told the UN Security Council on Monday…
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Peacekeepers and civilians killed during clashes in disputed Abyei region
29 January 2024
Continuing intercommunal clashes in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan have left more than 50 people dead including two peacekeepers, the UN said on Monday.
Armed youth from rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group have been battling over the location of an…
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UN chief to meet UNRWA donors, as major charities call for continued support
29 January 2024
Secretary-General António Guterres is due to meet with major donors to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday, as major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) issued an urgent plea to keep lifesaving funds flowing.
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World News in Brief: Progress on transfats, Ukraine war update, General Assembly President in China
29 January 2024
Five countries have been awarded for their efforts towards eliminating mass-produced trans fats in food, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday.
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