News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 4
Kazakhstan Has Spent 23 Years Bringing Faiths Together. Now Comes the Harder Part.
- Inter Press Service
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 12 (IPS) - In a world increasingly divided by war, political distrust and competing ideologies, Kazakhstan has spent more than two decades pursuing an unusual diplomatic undertaking: keeping representatives of different religions in conversation.
‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts
- UN News
The money is running out faster than needs are growing: with 117 million men, women and children now forced from their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has received just $3 billion of the $8.5 billion it needs this year – and its chief, Barham Salih, warns that the global support system for asylum-seekers risks buckling.
Djibouti shipwreck: Death toll rises to 139 as 84 remain missing
- UN News
At least 139 migrants have died after their boat capsized off Djibouti, with a further 84 people still missing, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Sunday.
India: UN rights office urges release of ‘arbitrarily detained’ protesters
- UN News
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has voiced concern over reports of mass detentions in India of demonstrators, protest leaders, civil society members, lawyers and journalists, before and during large-scale protests in Delhi on Saturday.
Nearly 50,000 Women and Girls Killed or Severely Injured in Gaza in Three Years of War – One in 21 Gazan Women and Girls
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 9 (IPS) - Since October 2023, 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or seriously injured.
Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns
- UN News
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday warned that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the United States would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition on torture.
‘Serious blow’: Guterres condemns new US sanctions on International Criminal Court
- UN News
The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing on Friday to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick” unless it ends what Washington regards as a “threat” to its citizens.
Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- UN News
South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
Smartphone Ban Robs Afghan Female Journalists of a Vital Working Tool
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, October 8 (IPS) - It has become difficult for Afghan journalists to obtain information from the authorities, who are permitted to use smartphones only with special authorization. This ban particularly affects women, for whom face-to-face interviews are not an option.
A Rash of Hard-Hitting Questions — Which May Remain Evasive — for Candidates Running for UN Chief
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 8 (IPS) - The seven candidates, still in the running for the post of UN Secretary-General (SG), have so far faced a barrage of questions, mostly from delegates and the news media.
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