Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 452
Clashes displace thousands in Darfur, where 6.2 million will need assistance next year
- UN News
With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, UN agencies reported on Tuesday.
All Humans Are Born Equal in Rights? Thats Still Far from Being True
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Dec 06 (IPS) - ”All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” These words are a sound introduction to the transcendental issue of human rights and equalities, as stated by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Poor Communities on the Salvadoran Coast Face Constant Threat of Eviction
- Inter Press Service
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Dec 06 (IPS) - Small farmer Francisco Martínez pushed his son’s wheelchair to another part of the courtyard of their house, located in a small coastal community in El Salvador, before saying sadly: "It would be a great injustice if they kicked us out of here."
COVID-19: Students face $17 trillion loss in lifetime earnings
- UN News
School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according to a UN-backed report issued on Monday.
With 280 prisoners dead in Ecuador, UN experts call for urgent action
- UN News
Following a series of riots which have left more than 280 inmates dead and hundreds injured in Ecuadorian prisons this year, UN independent human rights experts on Monday called for urgent government action to address the issue.
Myanmar: UN deplores conviction and sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi
- UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Monday condemned the imprisonment of Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi by a military-controlled court, and called for her release. She also faces additional charges of corruption and electoral fraud.
First Person: ‘Trafficking is a crime can happen in front of our eyes’
- UN News
Ilias Chatzis heads up a global team of more than 60 experts at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), committed to countering Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling. He says that more focus needs to be placed on those who profit from the crimes, rather than the victims.
Zero-Leprosy in Pandemic: Experts, Advocates Discuss New Strategies
- Inter Press Service
Hyderabad, Dec 03 (IPS) - As 2021 nears its end, public health systems worldwide remain severely strained by COVID 19, which is showing no sign of ending. But even as countries battle to control the deadly pandemic, they must also maintain the progress made against other diseases, including leprosy, global leprosy experts and advocates have urged.
Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray conflict
- UN News
Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence against women and girls caught in the Tigray conflict in northern Ethiopia.
Avoid starvation: ‘Immediate priority’ for 3.5 million Afghans
- UN News
Amidst “truly unprecedented levels” of hunger in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that as winter arrives, avoiding widespread starvation “is an immediate priority”.
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