UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

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The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said, citing credible information. Local people were forced to dispose of the bodies in a mass grave outside the regional…

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

UN rights experts denounce forced evictions of Palestinian families — Global Issues

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In a news release issued by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), the experts said it was “deeply shocking and heartbreaking” to see an elderly Palestinian couple, Nora Ghaith and Mustafa Sub Laban, evicted from their family home where they lived all their lives and raised their children. ‘Apartheid machinery…

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

Scourge of racism haunts Black women and girls seeking healthcare — Global Issues

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“The scourge of racism continues for Black women and girls in the Americas, many of whom are descendants of the victims of enslavement,” Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), said in a news release. “Too often, Afrodescendent women and girls are abused and mistreated, their needs…

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

Accountability needed for ‘shocking’ violations by Russian forces in Ukraine — Global Issues

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The High Commissioner told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that his office (OHCHR) had documented the arbitrary detention of more than 900 civilians between 24 February 2022 and 23 May this year. He added that that Russia gave no access to places of detention, “which leads inevitably to undercounting”….

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams — Global Issues

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From the World Food Programme (WFP), Chad Country Director Pierre Honnorat, said that 20,000 people crossed into Chad just last week. Speaking to journalists via Zoom from Zabout refugee camp in Goz Beida, Mr. Honnorat described desperate scenes: “We can see that they have suffered, many lost family members and…

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs — Global Issues

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“Halfway to the 2030 deadline the Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track,” he warned. “Gender equality is almost 300 years away. Progress on maternal health and access to family planning has been glacial.” World Population Day is commemorated annually on 11 July and this year’s focus is on unleashing…

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

‘Sadly, the killing continues in the world’ — Global Issues

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Among the exhibit’s visitors were members of the Mothers of Srebrenica, an association that united thousands of people – mothers, sisters, and wives – who have lost loved ones in the massacre in their city. Munira Subašić doesn’t need photographs to remember the tragedy that claimed her husband, son, and…

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

Security Council fails to reach consensus on Syria aid lifeline — Global Issues

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The disruption comes as humanitarian needs are at an all-time high after more than 12 years of war and in the wake of the devastating double earthquakes that struck the region in February. The UN and partners were hoping for a 12-month extension of the mandate to transport aid through…