Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 442
Rights experts condemn ‘unrelenting human rights violations’ at Guantánamo Bay
- UN News
A group of independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council has condemned the continued operation of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in Cuba as a site of “unparalleled notoriety” and “a stain on the US Government’s commitment to the rule of law”.
Bangladesh: Second fire in a week tears through vast Rohingya refugee camp
- UN News
Teams from UN migration agency IOM were mobilized on Sunday after fire swept through a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, home to thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
Underfunded and Deadly Tuberculosis Needs its Own Bill Gates
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 07 (IPS) - Global efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) are futile without dedicated investment in research into the debilitating disease that is killing 4000 people a day, Stop TB Partnership warns.
Forensic lab aids crack down on illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam
- UN News
Despite travel bans and other COVID-19 restrictions, the small team at Viet Nam’s wildlife forensic lab has been bolstering police efforts to crack down on illegal trafficking, with support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp
- UN News
“Refugees are not and should never be a target”, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, following reports of a deadly airstrike on the Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.
UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed
- UN News
Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia have called for restraint and dialogue.
55 journalists killed in 2021, impunity ‘alarmingly widespread’ – UNESCO
- UN News
Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed last year, latest UN data showed on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved.
A Fast-Spreading Pandemic has Reduced an Additional 100 Million People into Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (IPS) - The UN’s highly-ambitious goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 has been severely undermined by a rash of problems worldwide, including an escalating coronavirus pandemic, continued widespread military conflicts and the devastating impact of climate change.
Environmental Disasters Creating More Migrants Within Countries - Podcast
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jan 05 (IPS) - In the final months of 2021 you likely saw countless media reports of migrant men, women and children getting blocked at borders trying to enter various countries. Two flashpoints were the Mexico-US border and the border between Poland and Belarus, but there were many others.
Free at Last: Trafficked Woman's Story a Warning to Other Vulnerable Job Seekers
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Rwanda, Jan 05 (IPS) - When Kamikazi* from Gisagara, a district in Southern Rwanda, was forced to quit her job due to COVID-19 last year, she desperately sought other employment.
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