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Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist
14 January 2025
Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the Iranian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish woman activist and social worker.
“The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the threshold…
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2025 agenda: ‘We must not let opportunities pass,’ says UN Assembly President
14 January 2025
The President of the UN General Assembly Philémon Yang presented a detailed vision of his 2025 priorities for the world body on Tuesday, calling it an opportunity for “a new start.”
Under the theme Unity in Diversity, he emphasised the need for collective action to address…
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Syria emergency: Four children a day killed or injured by leftover explosives
14 January 2025
Syria’s lethal legacy of landmines and other explosives left over from years of conflict has led to the deaths of over 100 children in the last month alone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, calling on the international community to urgently support country-wide demining projects…
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Haiti: spiralling gang violence has left more than one million displaced
14 January 2025
Surging gang violence in Haiti has caused a threefold rise in the number of people uprooted from their homes in a year, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday, in a call for “sustained humanitarian assistance right now to save and protect lives”.
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UN pledges continued humanitarian support to Ukraine, as war enters fourth year
14 January 2025
The UN’s humanitarian coordinator and refugee chief are in Ukraine this week where they will unveil the latest plans to assist millions impacted by the full-scale Russian invasion.
More than 12.7 million people inside Ukraine require aid, as do the more than 6.8 million…
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World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique
14 January 2025
The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday reported further attacks on displacement shelters in Gaza which have been ongoing since 9 January.
In his daily briefing in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists that there have been significant…
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US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education
14 January 2025
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has welcomed a ruling by a federal district court in the United States that reaffirms sex-based protections in education.
Independent rights expert Reem Alsalem hailed the landmark 9 January decision by…
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Opens Ninety-Eighth Session
13 January 2025
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-eighth session, which is being held in Geneva from 13 to 31 January, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child of Ecuador, Eritrea, Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis and…
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First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country
13 January 2025
Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel’s harrowing tale of surviving a deadly shipwreck brought the horrors of fleeing war to a worldwide audience when it was told in the book “A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea” in 2017.
After the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Ms. Al…
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Al Jazeera ban must be lifted, rights experts urge Palestinian Authority
13 January 2025
Top independent human rights experts urged the Palestinian authorities on Monday to end its widely criticized ban on the broadcaster Al Jazeera and ensure that all journalists, local or international, can work freely and safely in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT…
