News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 83
Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges
- UN News
The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years amid the ongoing war in their homeland, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in an alert on Tuesday.
Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
- UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday “trying to access paltry amounts of food” around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel.
The Africa Our Youth and Women Want
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jun 03 (IPS) - History rarely remembers those who waited quietly. In Africa, it is those who dare to act, to resist, to lead, and to dream aloud who have shaped the continent’s most defining moments.
‘Despite Deep-rooted Prejudice Against Dalits, Encouraging Shifts Are Emerging among Young Urban People’
- Inter Press Service
Jun 02 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the challenges facing Nepal’s Dalit community with Rup Sunar, chairperson of the Dignity Initiative, a Kathmandu-based research and advocacy organisation working to dismantle caste-based discrimination.
South Asian Cities Faced Relentless, Record-Breaking Heatwaves Last Year
- Inter Press Service
BENGALURU, India / COLOMBO Sri Lanka, Jun 02 (IPS) - From the blistering heat of Delhi’s streets to Colombo’s humid corners, workers in the informal economy are silently enduring the toll of labour on their bodies and livelihoods.
Lawmakers Work to Build Women’s Representation in Politics and the Workplace
- Inter Press Service
SARAJEVO & JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (IPS) - Jelena Pekić, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of People) and Deputy Speaker of the Canton Sarajevo Assembly, Lana Prlić, MP of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (House of Representatives) and Marina Riđić, Assistant Representative, UNFPA Bosnia and Herzegovina, spoke to IPS ahead of the Study Tour on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
If This Isn’t Genocide, What Is?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 30 (IPS) - For over a year, I refused to ascribe Israel's war against Hamas and the reign of horror it is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza as genocide, but now I feel shaken to the core by what I am witnessing. If what I see is not genocide, then I do not know what is.
Africa in Control of Its Digital Future: Mobilising Domestic Resources & Strategic Partnerships
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Tunisia/ ABUJA, Nigeria, May 30 (IPS) - AAs political, financial and social leaders met on 27 May 2025 in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial turning point. Digitalisation can be the engine of inclusive and resilient development, but only if approached with local leadership and strategic vision.
‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
- UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday.
Songs of hope rise from Gaza’s ruins
- UN News
In Al-Jundi Al-Majhool Square – once the bustling heart of Gaza City – music now floats among the tents. The square, transformed into a sprawling displacement camp, shelters hundreds of families driven from their homes by more than 19 months of war.
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