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Millions in the Streets: South Statehood Is No Longer a Proposal — It’s a Reality
Yesterday’s mass demonstrations in Aden and Hadramout were not a routine rally, nor a symbolic show of numbers. What unfolded was a full political...
World News in Brief: Türk condemns ‘abhorrent’ attack in Sydney, UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees, Ukraine latest
Volker Türk said the “heinous” shootings targeting a Hannukah celebration on Bondi Beach exposed again that “antisemitism is real, and it is abhorrent.”Australia’s Prime...
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Millions in the Streets: South Statehood Is No Longer a Proposal — It’s a Reality
Yesterday’s mass demonstrations in Aden and Hadramout were not a routine rally, nor a symbolic show of numbers. What unfolded was a full political...
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Millions in the Streets: South Statehood Is No Longer a Proposal — It’s a Reality
Yesterday’s mass demonstrations in Aden and Hadramout were not a routine rally, nor a symbolic show of numbers. What unfolded was a full political...
UN rights chief warns of deepening repression in Venezuela, rising toll in Ukraine
Presenting oral updates to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation in Venezuela has not improved...
World News in Brief: Türk condemns ‘abhorrent’ attack in Sydney, UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees, Ukraine latest
Volker Türk said the “heinous” shootings targeting a Hannukah celebration on Bondi Beach exposed again that “antisemitism is real, and it is abhorrent.”Australia’s Prime...
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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence
In its annual report released on Tuesday, the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said it had made “important progress” documenting crimes and identifying...
Four years on, here’s what total exclusion of women in Afghanistan looks like
Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, gender equality agency UN Women is warning that the situation for...
Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities
An estimated 476 million Indigenous Peoples live across 90 countries, representing 5,000 different cultures.Without proper safeguards, AI risks harming Indigenous rights through inequitable distribution...
Netherlands-Based Foundation Trains Sri Lankan Youth in Media and Human Rights
Kingnewsiwre / Press release / A Dutch-registered human rights foundation, founded by Sri Lankan refugee Shanta Dalugamage, is empowering the next generation in Sri...
Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it had received first-hand accounts indicating that at least 319 civilians were killed by M23 fighters, aided...
Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June
Between the beginning of April and the end of June, armed violence in Haiti has killed 1,520 people and injured 609 more, according to...
On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food
Without fuel, many basic facilities cannot function, from water treatment plants to medical infrastructure.Meanwhile, Gazans now on the brink of famine have been reduced...
Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday urged Angolan authorities to conduct prompt, thorough and independent investigations into...
Lured by hope, trapped by lies: Healing after being trafficked
Eight years ago, Maria left Caracas, Venezuela, driven by dwindling opportunities and the hope of completing her veterinary studies. At just 21, she accepted...
In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice
Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International...
Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children
In Gaza City, families living in tents reveal a shared, grim reality.Many have been forced to flee the fighting dozens of times. Most find...
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
Briefing reporters in Geneva, UN human rights office, OHCHR, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted “credible” reports of “widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and...


