Guterres strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue which left at least seven Israelis dead

Guterres strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue which left at least seven Israelis dead

According to news reports, the incident happened in the Neve Yaakov district in the middle of the evening local time. Israeli police said the attacker, identified as a Palestinian from the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, had been “neutralized” at the scene. In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, António Guterres extended his heartfelt…

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Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk

Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk

“By nearly every feasible measurement, and in every area of human rights – economic, social and cultural, as much as civil and political – Myanmar has profoundly regressed,” he said. “Despite clear legal obligations for the military to protect civilians in the conduct of hostilities, there has been consistent disregard for the related rules of…

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Climate crisis and migration: Greta Thunberg supports IOM over ‘life and death’ issue

Climate crisis and migration: Greta Thunberg supports IOM over ‘life and death’ issue

António Vitorino, and Ms. Thunberg said they had “found much common ground” during a recent discussion about the impact of global climate change on human mobility. The Greta Thunberg Foundation has donated 275,000 Euros (around $269,000) to support IOM‘s emergency response to the historic floods in Pakistan and the crippling drought in Somalia. ‘Chain of…

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Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts

Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts

“We have serious concerns about impunity and the failure to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, deaths in police custody, ‘joint enterprise’ convictions, and the dehumanising nature”, of the so-called ‘stop and search’ policing strategy, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said in a statement at the end of an official…

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Closure of Moscow Helsinki Group, 'yet an additional impact to civils rights' in Russia: OHCHR

Closure of Moscow Helsinki Group, ‘yet an additional impact to civils rights’ in Russia: OHCHR

Maria Hurtado claimed in a declaration that the reasoning was simply the most up to date “in a collection of activities versus civil culture”, reporters, various other media and also resistance teams and also civils rights protectors. MHG was established in 1976 by popular objectors and also reported on civils rights infractions in the previous…

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