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  • Published on 13:57 GMT

    Pakistan's deterioration of human rights condemned at United Nations event

    PIC2FRAMES/IStockLAHORE, Pakistan — Religious freedom advocates this month strongly condemned deterioration of human rights in Pakistan, particularly continued abuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and forced conversions of minority girls. They …

    Source: The Christian Post - Washington D.C. - Right-wing
  • Published on 08:23 GMT

    Vice FM to attend U.N. sessions on peace operations, Syria

    By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun will travel to New York early next week to attend U.N. sessions on peace operations and Syria's political situation, the foreign ministry said Thursday. During the …

    Source: Yonhap News Agency - Center-right
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    U.N. investigator warns of rising ISIS threat in Syria

    DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, chairman of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, warned on Tuesday of the increasing activity of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the region. Speaking at the 58th session of the …

    Source: North Press Agency - Center-left
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    Russia's Enforced Disappearances Of Ukrainians Are Crimes Against Humanity, Says UN Commission

    Last Updated:March 19, 2025, 19:39 IST Russia failed to communicate the whereabouts of missing people, with Ukrainian families facing agonising uncertainty, Erik Møse, the chair of the Commission, told the Council People watch as Russian President Vladimir …

    Source: News18 - Center-right
  • Published on Mar 17, 2025

    Fables From the UN’s Human Rights Council

    The United Nations’s Human Rights Council can’t help itself. Its anti-Israel bias runs so deep and its commitment to demonizing the Jewish state is so intense that supposedly serious people who hold responsible positions in the world body lose their …

    Source: Washington Jewish Week - Uncategorized
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    UN accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine

    The head of a U.N.-backed team of independent experts told the Human Rights Council in Geneva Wednesday that Russia has committed crimes against humanity as part of its war in Ukraine. Erik Møse, the chairman of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on …

    Source: Africanews - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    UN Commission says Russia's enforced disappearances of Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity

    ‹‹ 1 of 2 A man walks on debris at the site of residential buildings hit by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo 2 of 2 FILE PHOTO: Erik Mose, Chair of the …

    Source: The Straits Times - Pro-Government
  • Published on 21:19 GMT

    Rwanda-backed rebels push into a mineral-rich town in Congo despite ceasefire calls

    GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured another strategic town in the country's mineral-rich east, residents and insurgents said Thursday, despite ceasefire calls this week by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents. The …

    Source: Imperial Valley Press - California - Label Pending
  • Published on 12:11 GMT

    Rwanda-Backed Rebels Seize Congo’s Mineral-Rich Town

    CONGO: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels entered the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo late Wednesday, according to residents and civil society leaders, a day after the Congolese and Rwandan presidents called for an immediate ceasefire. “The information …

    Source: Daily News Tanzania - Pro-Government
  • Published on 09:39 GMT

    Rwanda-backed rebels enter mineral-rich town in Congo, defying ceasefire calls

    GOMA – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels entered the strategic town of Walikale in eastern Congo late Wednesday, according to residents and civil society leaders, a day after the Congolese and Rwandan presidents called for an immediate ceasefire. “The information …

    Source: WKMG 6 - Florida - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    Israel is ramping up annexation of West Bank, UN rights chief says

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel has significantly expanded and consolidated settlements in the occupied West Bank as part of the steady integration of these territories into the State of Israel, in breach of international law, the U.N. human rights office said …

    Source: The Gazette - Colorado - Neutral
  • Published on 06:52 GMT

    M23 rebels push further east attacking another town ignoring calls for ceasefire

    Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pushed further into eastern Congo on Wednesday, advancing into the outskirts of Walikale just one day after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda called for an immediate ceasefire. Residents reported hearing gunfire near Walikale' …

    Source: Africanews - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    UN Report: Iran Using Drones, Facial Recognition to Enforce Hijab Law

    The United Nations published a report on Friday that said Iran is using drones, facial recognition technology, and a snitching app for smartphones to enforce its mandatory head covering law for women. The report came from the Independent International Fact …

    Source: Breitbart - Right-wing
  • Published on Mar 17, 2025

    Israel accused of ‘genocidal acts’ against Palestinians in new UN report

    [CRAIG NIGRELLI] A UNITED NATIONS REPORT ACCUSES ISRAELI ARMED FORCES OF COMMITTING CRIMES OF “SEXUAL, REPRODUCTIVE AND OTHER FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS” IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK SINCE THE WAR AGAINST HAMAS BEGAN. THE U-N HUMAN …

    Source: Straight Arrow News - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 17, 2025

    A UN rights expert blasts the impact of US aid cuts on Myanmar

    GENEVA (AP) — Myanmar’s people are already feeling the “crushing impact” from the “sudden, chaotic withdrawal” of U.S. and other humanitarian aid, an independent human rights expert said Monday, calling on the world community to do more. Tom Andrews, a …

    Source: Associated Press - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    M23 rebels advance deeper into eastern Congo, defying ceasefire call

    Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced further into Congolese territory on Wednesday, entering the outskirts of Walikale, a town located about 125 kilometers (80 miles) northwest of Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city. The conflict in …

    Source: Firstpost - Center-right
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    Tshisekedi and Kagame meet in Doha, call for ceasefire in east DRC

    The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year. The meeting between Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi …

    Source: Africanews - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 18, 2025

    The art of freedom in Iran

    An investigative report on Iran ordered by the United Nations Human Rights Council was delivered on Tuesday and it paints a picture of a theocratic government very much afraid of its own people. Aerial drones fly overhead to spot women without mandatory …

    Source: Christian Science Monitor - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 19, 2025

    Entire Families Wiped Out as Israel Resumes Genocidal Assault on Gaza

    Once again, entire families are being wiped out by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after U.S. President Donald Trumpreportedly gave the green light for the key American ally to resume its assault on the Palestinian enclave. Israel unilaterally …

    Source: Common Dreams - Left-wing

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