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New York, July 10(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies on Monday issued a set of recommendations for action to improve the situation of refugee and migrant children arriving and staying in Europe without their parents or caregivers. more
UN experts urge US state of Virginia to halt execution of man with mental disorder

New York, July 5(Just Earth News): Two United Nations human rights experts have urged the US state of Virginia to cancel the planned execution on Thursday of a man with psychosocial disabili ...

UN expert urges 'bold action' to address raft of human rights abuses in Eritrea

New York, June 16(Just Earth News): Actions against severe human rights abuses meted out to Eritrean citizens must not be delayed, a United Nations rights expert has warned in a new report t ...

Head of UN human rights inquiry decries 'disastrous' civilian death toll in Syria

New York, June 15(Just Earth News): Conflict in Syria continues to rage with “disastrous consequences” for civilians who continue to bear the brunt of the six-year war, the head of a Uni ...

UN rights chief calls for probe into protestor deaths in Bahrain

New York, June 3(Just Earth News): Expressing concern at the violence and arrests that occurred as part of a wider crackdown on dissent in Bahrain, the top United Nations human rights offi ...

UN human rights chief urges repeal of repressive NGO law in Egypt

New York, June 2(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday urged Egyptian officials to repeal a new law on non-governmental organizations, saying that it “further ...

UN rights chief concerned about health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israel jails

New York, May 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday expressed serious concern about the health of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons a ...

UN experts urge Indonesia to free jailed politicians, repeal its blasphemy law

New York, May 22(Just Earth News): A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Indonesia to review and repeal its blasphemy law following the recent convicti ...

Spreading violence in Central African Republic sets off 'loud alarm bells' – UN human rights chief

New York, May 15(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday expressed grave alarm over the spread of violence by armed groups against the civilian population in sev ...

UN rights office urges protection for Salvadoran trans activist and transgender people

New York, May 13 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Friday urged the Government of El Salvador to take urgent measures to protect a prominent transgender human righ ...