New York: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend economies and societies, while also threatening to erode trust in public institutions and democracy, it is critical that people every ...
Geneva: UN human rights experts on Friday called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than ...
New York: A new UN report launched on Thursday highlights human rights violations and abuses that were committed during recent demonstrations in Iraq and calls for immediate action for ju ...
New York: One of the largest chiefdoms in Zambia’s Eastern Province is challenging harmful social norms, including child marriage, risky initiation and impunity for perpetrators of ...
New York: An estimated 3.3 million people in Burkina Faso are facing acute food insecurity, two United Nations agencies warned on Friday.
New York: Three years after violence in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas to seek refuge in Bangladesh, the international community must adapt its assistance to the critic ...
New York/Sputnik: A rally in support of protests in Belarus took place near the UN headquarters in New York, a Sputnik correspondent has reported.
New York: Women forcibly returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are subjected to torture, ill treatment, sexual abuse, and other violations, according to a rep ...
New York: Global advocates for refugees are pushing to ensure the COVID-19 pandemic does not derail efforts for displaced children and young people to continue learning and eventually ret ...
- COVID-19 lockdown in Myanmar exposes precarious position of LGBTQI population
- Independent rights expert speaks of ‘anguish, stress and disempowerment’ of poverty
- Stalled Security Council resolution adopted, backing UN’s global humanitarian ceasefire call
- Speak out against torture, an ‘abhorrent denial of human dignity’, urges UN chief
- Speak out against torture, an ‘abhorrent denial of human dignity’, urges UN chief
