Human Rights
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Reparations ‘key to dismantling systemic racism’: UN rights chief
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in…
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‘Now is the moment to invest’: Syria needs global backing, says UN expert
Syria has made “remarkable progress” on transitional justice within the past year, raising hopes for accountability and recovery after more…
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 2 April: Civilian impact deepens as UN chief says ‘we must find a peaceful way out’ before region is engulfed by war
Deadly new strikes reported across the Middle East overnight and Thursday rattled energy markets and pushed crude oil prices up…
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World News in Brief: Ukraine drone attacks, Afghan rights, Zero-Waste Day
A night of drone attacks reportedly killed two people and injured 12 in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, as…
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 30 March: UN peacekeepers killed amid Israel-Hezbollah clashes
Further attacks have been reported across the Middle East as the war enters a second month, with two more Indonesian…
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Syria: UN Commission documents grave violations in July 2025 escalation in Sweida
More than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 more displaced in the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Syria, UN…
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 24 March: West Bank attacks and Lebanon in focus as Security Council meets
As the war continues to roil the Middle East and compound suffering for civilians across the region, the economic ramifications…
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UN calls for solidarity and political will to stamp out racial discrimination
Nearly 70 years after South African police fired upon peaceful demonstrators in Sharpeville protesting apartheid-era laws, killing 69, the UN…
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