UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

“Strengthening engagement with independent human rights experts and Human Rights Council mechanisms is crucial to full and transparent enforcement of China’s human rights obligations,” the group of more than 40 experts said, ahead of the Council’s landmark 50th session, which begins on Monday.   Systemic violations  In a statement, they recalled…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Death sentences ‘vile attempt at instilling fear’, rights experts charge — Global Issues

Special Rapporteurs Thomas Andrews and Morris Tidball-Binz, fear the development could signal the start of a spate of executions in a country which has not carried out capital punishment in more than 30 years.  Disregard for human rights  “The illegitimate military junta is providing the international community with further evidence…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Mediterranean Sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR — Global Issues

Latest data visualisation figures from UNHCR, shows that there were 3,231 dead or missing at sea last year, a sharp rise from 2020. We are concerned by a rising death toll at sea related to refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.https://t.co/8SzbYb7qea — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) June 10,…

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030 — Global Issues

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030 — Global Issues

The AIDS pandemic continues to be responsible for more than 13,000 deaths every week. Yet, one year after adopting a political declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030, data from UNAIDS shows that HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are not currently…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Brazil urged to step up search for missing journalist and indigenous activist — Global Issues

Dom Phillips, a regular contributor to The Guardian, and Bruno Araújo, an employee with the Brazilian indigenous affairs agency, went missing in the Javari Valley, a major indigenous territory located in the western Amazon near Peru and Colombia.  🇧🇷#Brazil: Concerns about lack of information on missing journalist Dom Phillips &…

Will Apex Court Ruling Remove Stigma for Sex Workers in India? — Global Issues

Will Apex Court Ruling Remove Stigma for Sex Workers in India? — Global Issues

Activists, Tahira Hasan, and Shahira Naim welcome the Supreme Court ruling which recognises sex work as a profession. However, questions are asked about whether the ruling is enough to guarantee that those in the profession no longer face harassment. by Mehru Jaffer (lucknow) Thursday, June 09, 2022 Inter Press Service Lucknow,…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Occupation, discrimination driving Israel-Palestine conflict, recurring violence — Global Issues

The finding comes in the first report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, established last May by the UN Human Rights Council.  The Commission said occupation and discrimination are the key root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability, and…