Human Rights
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Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: Guterres
Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and principles that bind us together,”…
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UN expert urges UK to halt transfer of asylum seekers to Rwanda
A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy of transferring some asylum seekers…
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Sexual violence in conflict ‘terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities’
Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities,” the…
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Amid ‘inhumane’ conditions, Bachelet urges Nicaragua to release all detainees
The human rights situation in Nicaragua has continued to decline over the past three months, with detainees being held in…
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Afghanistan facing ‘the darkest moments’ in a generation
The Afghanistan people are experiencing some of “the darkest moments” in a generation the UN human rights chief told Human…
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Rights experts alarmed by violent civil society crackdown in Iran
UN independent human rights experts have deplored the recent violent crackdown on civil society in Iran, calling on Wednesday for…
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Tanzania: More violence feared over bid to evict Maasai from ancestral lands
The reported use of live ammunition by security forces in Tanzania, against ethnic Maasai herders, and the death of a…
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Brazil urged to step up search for missing journalist and indigenous activist
Authorities in Brazil must step up efforts to find a British journalist and an indigenous rights activist who disappeared nearly…
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Death sentence for Ukraine foreign fighters is a war crime: UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to three foreign fighters in Ukraine…
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Occupation, discrimination driving Israel-Palestine conflict, recurring violence
Ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, and discrimination against Palestinians, is essential to stopping the decades-long conflict between the…
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