Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 374
Israeli suppression of Palestinian rights organizations ‘illegal and unacceptable’
- UN News
Twenty-four UN-appointed independent human rights experts condemned on Wednesday, Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, describing it as “illegal and unacceptable”.
Sierra Leone: Female genital mutilation ‘amounts to torture,’ impunity must end
- UN News
UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for stronger measures to prevent and penalize female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone.
Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population
- UN News
Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine is the scene of the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since the Second World War. Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country’s second largest city of Kharkiv, in the east. Helping those in need is dangerous work.
Darfur: Trial of Janjaweed leader must not be ‘a false dawn’ for justice, Security Council hears
- UN News
The trial of senior Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb – the first prosecution to get underway at the request of the UN Security Council – represents “a glimmer of hope for justice in Darfur,” Sudan, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor on the case told the chamber on Tuesday.
UN fund reports ‘solid results’ empowering girls and boys in crises with opportunity of quality education
- UN News
On Tuesday, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, issued its Annual Results Report, which revealed that despite global upheaval, the fund and partners have continued to expand their response.
Yezidis in Armenia: From Reincarnation to Exodus
- Inter Press Service
ARDASHAR, Armenia, Aug 23 (IPS) - There are those cows watching the fight in the mud of rusty Soviet cars; there are those tethered dogs that bark next to bathtubs full of rainwater, or those cats that frolic in freedom. This is Armenia, a state of three million deep in the heart of the Caucasus region.
Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
- UN News
This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, appealing to the international community for greater support.
Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR
- UN News
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos released on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in the philharmonic hall in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) during an upcoming “show trial”.
Singapore: UN rights chief welcomes repeal of colonial-era law banning sex between men
- UN News
The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed the announcement from the Prime Minister of Singapore, that the city State would move to repeal a law known as 377A, which for decades has criminalized sex between men.
Rights experts urge Iran to end ‘systematic persecution’ of religious minorities
- UN News
Authorities in Iran must stop the persecution and harassment of religious minorities, a group of independent UN human rights experts said in a statement issued on Monday expressing alarm over the escalation in incidents there.
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