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‘Warning signs are flashing’ in crisis-torn Central African Republic, warns senior UN official

‘Warning signs are flashing’ in crisis-torn Central African Republic, warns senior UN official

Despite “vast improvement” in security in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR), there are still deep tensions and some fear of a sudden relapse, a top United Nations human rights official said while visiting the strife-torn country. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour said he was struck by the improvements in the capital, […]

‘Pastor’s Been Sleeping With Me Since I Was 10 – This is the Fourth Abortion’

‘Pastor’s Been Sleeping With Me Since I Was 10 – This is the Fourth Abortion’

Scriptural assertions of wolves in sheep clothing resurfaced yesterday, following a startling revelation by a 16-year-old Senior Secondary School, SSS, I student, on how she has been subjected to sexual violations since she was 10 years by a pastor at the Egbe branch of a popular new generation pentecostal church. The victim, who spoke from […]

Ugandan MPs – If an NRM Chairman Can Be Tortured, We’re All Vulnerable

Ugandan MPs – If an NRM Chairman Can Be Tortured, We’re All Vulnerable

The police are yet again in the spotlight over torture allegations. The matter has now gone all the way to parliament, which has instituted a committee to probe the matter. On Friday last week, the parliamentary committee traveled to Jinja to visit Nalufenya police station, which has been at the centre of the torture allegations […]

UN calls on Iran to stop executing children

UN calls on Iran to stop executing children

The UN called on Iran yesterday to “immediately” cancel death sentences against minors and children, and called on Tehran to abide by its obligations under international human rights law, officials from the UN High Commission for Human Rights said. At the same time, the UN demanded that Iran immediately halt the carrying out of death […]

Israeli occupation most malignant in the world, says UN rapporteur

Israeli occupation most malignant in the world, says UN rapporteur

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, has described the Israeli occupation as “the most malignant” in the world. The Canadian official added that perpetuating an alien rule over almost five million people, against their fervent wishes, inevitably requires the repression of rights, […]

Iraqi sinkhole mass grave for 4,000 ISIS victims – report

Iraqi sinkhole mass grave for 4,000 ISIS victims – report

The bodies of some 4,000 Islamic State victims have been buried in the Khasfa sinkhole in Iraq’s desert, making it the country’s largest mass grave, according to locals, police, and activists, as cited by The Telegraph. The sinkhole is located near the Baghdad-Mosul highway, only eight kilometers from Mosul, the daily reports. Witnesses and police, […]

Human rights in occupied Western Sahara: Moroccan repression continues in 2016

Human rights in occupied Western Sahara: Moroccan repression continues in 2016

The Moroccan Authorities continued to repress the peaceful demonstrations in Western Sahara in 2016, and to expel journalists, foreign activists and human rights activists and to bar them entry to this territory, said the latest annual report of Amnesty International, published on Tuesday. In its assessment of the world’s human rights in 2016, Amnesty International […]

Ghana Remains Committed to Global Standards in Human Rights Practices – Information Minister

Ghana Remains Committed to Global Standards in Human Rights Practices – Information Minister

Ghana has signed onto many United Nations Human Rights Conventions and remains committed to internationally accepted standards in human rights practices and respect for fundamental human rights, the Minister for Information, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has stated. Mr Abdul-Hamid, therefore, expressed government’s support for the work of Amnesty International, an institution devoted to promoting and protecting […]

The al-Qaeda threat in Mali presents a new challenge to U.N. peacekeepers making it world’s most dangerous U.N. mission

The al-Qaeda threat in Mali presents a new challenge to U.N. peacekeepers making it world’s most dangerous U.N. mission

Since World War II, U.N. peacekeepers have been dispatched to 69 conflicts — civil wars, border disputes and failed states. But now they are confronting an unsettling new threat: al-Qaeda. Here in the vast, lawless desert of northwest Africa, their convoys are being torn apart by improvised explosive devices and their compounds blasted by 1,000-pound […]

Now 300k+ South Sudanese Refugees in Sudan – UNHCR

Now 300k+ South Sudanese Refugees in Sudan – UNHCR

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has determined that there are now more than 300,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan. In its weekly humanitarian bulletin, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that according to the UNHCR, the number of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan since December 2013 has surpassed the 300,000 […]

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