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Human Rights
UN Rights Office Digs into ‘Mass Graves’ in Just Freed East Ukraine
Reports that mass graves have been discovered in the Ukrainian city of Izyum are to be investigated by UN rights…
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Human Rights
“Russian Gov’t is Slowly Killing Civil Society Every Single Day,” Says Top UN Expert
A United Nations independent human rights expert called on the Russian Government on Wednesday to halt its clampdown on human…
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Law and Crime Prevention
Race to Fix Cyprus’ Missing Persons Mess ASAP, Experts Insist!
A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress towards finding the remains of those…
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Law and Crime Prevention
Roma Rights Advocates Sound the Alarm as Unintentional Hate Speech Rises
International Roma Day on 8 April is a key date to mark Romani culture, made more significant in Romania since…
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Law and Crime Prevention
El Salvador Rises Up Against Mounting Gang Murders, Slams Response as ‘Cold and Inhumane’
The introduction of a series of measures in El Salvador in response to a rise in gang killings, has prompted…
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Women
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to UN Goodwill Ambassador, Congolese Doctor for Fighting Sexual Violence
Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and the first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of…
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Women
Experts are Urging Access to Legal Abortion to Save 47,000 Women Every Year!
States across the world should act now to decriminalise abortion and make every effort to ensure women and girls have…
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