Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 400
States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea
- UN News
Amid growing insecurity and gang violence in Haiti, the numbers of desperate people resorting to risky sea crossings has sharply increased. On Friday the UN called for regional Governments to step up protection for refugees.
Child Labour Survivor Has a Dream of Freeing Others
- Inter Press Service
DURBAN, May 27 (IPS) - Selimatha Dziedzorm Salifu was just seven years old when she went to work for the first time to support her family.
Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’
- UN News
With more than 3.5 million people having fled to Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to scale up its operations to provide aid to arrivals, the agency’s spokesperson said on Friday.
What We Know About Mass School Shootings in the US - and the Gunmen Who Carry Them Out
- Inter Press Service
May 26 (IPS) - When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen as a watershed moment in the United States – the worst mass shooting at a school in the country’s history. Now, it ranks fourth.
‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya
- UN News
Despite UN efforts, political, economic and security deadlock continues in Libya, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that human rights there have also deteriorated.
Afghan authorities urged to address serious human rights challenges
- UN News
Afghanistan is at a crossroads and the de facto authorities, the Taliban, must pursue a path towards stability and freedom for all citizens, especially women, the UN independent expert on human rights there said in the capital, Kabul, on Thursday.
UN Syria Commission: ‘unconscionable to consider closing last border crossing’
- UN News
The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry said on Thursday that not extending current cross-border aid to Syria along the remaining route, would be a “failure of the highest order”. The warning to the Security Council comes as humanitarian needs throughout Syria are at their highest, since the start of the devastating 11-year war.
Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns
- UN News
The attempted destruction of Ukraine’s historic culture by invading Russian forces, will have a devastating impact on the pace of recovery in the post-war era, an independent UN human rights expert warned on Wednesday.
UNICEF urges leaders to keep schools safe following deadly Texas shooting
- UN News
Governments must take greater action to ensure school remains a safe place for boys and girls, the head of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Wednesday, following the latest deadly school shooting in the United States.
Ukraine Refugee Rape Survivors Struggle to Access Abortions in Conservative Poland
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, May 25 (IPS) - An ultraconservative group in Poland has begun checking with hospitals to find out if Ukrainian refugees are being offered terminations in line with the country’s strict abortion laws amid warnings refugee victims of rape are struggling to access local help and clinical services.
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