Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres

Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres

Secretary-General António Guterres issued his call in a statement marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on Tuesday. He warned that hard-won progress over many decades to prevent the use, spread and testing of nuclear weapons is being undone, and called for nuclear disarmament and a strengthened regime of non-proliferation. Resurgent threat…

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Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn

Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn

Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, presented its latest report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which covers the period from January 2020 to August this year. The report, which was published last week, focused on two areas: the various “repression mechanisms” used by the State, and the…

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Palestine: Rights experts call for stronger torture prevention measures

Palestine: Rights experts call for stronger torture prevention measures

The members of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) issued the appeal after concluding their first visit to the State of Palestine, conducted from 10 to 21 September. Daniel Fink, who headed the delegation, said they received full cooperation from the Palestinian Authority to visit locations in the West Bank, “but we regret that, despite all…

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Ukraine: Rape and torture by Russian forces continuing, rights experts report

Ukraine: Rape and torture by Russian forces continuing, rights experts report

Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that they have documented attacks with explosive weapons on residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and medical institutions, as well as torture and sexual and gender-based violence. Rape allegations Commission Chair Erik Møse provided harrowing details on the findings to the…

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World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear plant update, Sudan health crisis, reproductive rights

World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear plant update, Sudan health crisis, reproductive rights

Addressing the opening of the IAEA’s General Conference in Vienna on Monday, Mr. Grossi said that 53 missions mobilizing more than 100 agency staff have been deployed as part of a continued presence inside Ukraine’s five nuclear power plants. These include the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, or ZNPP, on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine,…

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In Karachi, the domestic worker killed the owners along with his accomplices for robbery

In Karachi, the domestic worker killed the owners along with his accomplices for robbery

Karachi: The housekeeper killed the owners of the house along with accomplices for robbery. Later he confessed during the investigation. In Nazimabad, the employee along with his 2 colleagues made the mother and son unconscious by tying their hands and feet and giving them intoxicating drinks during a robbery at home. put in The arrested…

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