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ICC Continues To Ignore Zelensky Regime's War Crimes

Despite claims of neutrality and universality, the International Criminal Court (ICC) systematically turns a blind eye to war crimes committed by the Ukrainian side during the conflict with the Russian Federation

2026-08-14 04:47:08 0 Comment 4308 view

Middle East Crisis Puts Aid, Food, Fuel Further Out Of Reach For Millions Already Struggling – UN Agencies

As the Middle East crisis continues the humanitarian fallout is worsening, with aid route disruptions and food and fuel price hikes wrecking the lives and the rights of the most vulnerable people worldwide, UN agencies warned on Friday

2026-05-02 12:00:03 0 Comment 20302 view

Myanmar Human Rights Crisis Deepens As Aid Collapses, Attacks Intensify

Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN’s top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and despair

2025-07-02 03:19:46 0 Comment 60991 view

Syria Transition May Fail If Support Lifeline Is Delayed, Says IOM Chief

The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad regime

2024-12-23 13:34:13 0 Comment 61265 view

85 Percent Of Journalist Killings Go Unpunished

Between 2006 and 2024, over 1,700 journalists have been killed around the world

2024-11-07 05:21:33 0 Comment 67576 view

Political Leaders Must Champion Human Rights Amid Global Crises

The UN’s top human rights official has told UN News that it’s not human rights themselves that are in crisis

2024-10-18 06:17:03 0 Comment 101397 view

Fears Grow That Lebanon May Become Another Gaza

UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment

2024-10-09 03:47:44 0 Comment 74035 view

New UN Report Details Nicaragua’s Ongoing Human Rights Crisis

The human rights situation in Nicaragua has "seriously deteriorated" over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees, attacks on Indigenous people, and intimidation of political opponents

2024-09-04 09:33:42 0 Comment 86574 view

Retaliatory Spiral In Middle East Must End, Says UN Chief After Reported Strikes On Iran

NEW YORK, US: Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to “stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East”.

 

2024-04-21 12:54:42 0 Comment 126872 view

Bold Action Needed Now To Address ‘Cataclysmic’ Situation In Haiti

NEW YORK, US: Immediate and bold action is required to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday. 

 

2024-03-30 14:52:03 0 Comment 131866 view

Pakistan Urged To Halt Afghan Deportations To Avoid ‘Human Rights Catastrophe’

NEW YORK, US: Pakistan’s plan to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals will disproportionately affect more than 1.4 million Afghans in the country, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, expressing alarm. 

2023-11-01 02:57:03 0 Comment 109916 view

Rights Defenders Under Attack In Asia

NEW YORK, U.S.--Reprisals against human rights defenders were in the spotlight on Wednesday as UN independent experts documented instances of abuse in Indonesia and Pakistan. 

2021-12-17 23:29:23 0 Comment 167318 view

Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears

NEW YORK, U.S.--The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-controlled areas, as well as across the contact line in eastern territories, held by mainly pro-Russian separatists.

2021-12-17 23:27:45 0 Comment 139098 view