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UN chief hails ‘peacemaker, human rights champion’, former President Jimmy Carter

The Democratic Party icon lived longer than any president in US history, serving one term between 1977 and 1981, going…

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Saydnaya Prison: Mapping the Assads’ ‘human slaughterhouse’

A 2017 report by Amnesty International citing ex-guards at the prison found that after the Syrian civil war began in…

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Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body

Another discovery showed how the human skeleton forms in the womb in the weeks after conception.First a scaffold of cartilage,…

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Lebanon crisis: UN human rights office calls for probe into Israeli strike

“What we’re hearing is that amongst the 22 people who were killed were 12 women and two children,” said Jeremy…

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Human rights violations escalate in Venezuela following disputed presidential election

The new report expands on findings presented in September to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. It documents a pattern of escalated human…

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Middle East crisis: UN human rights office condemns worsening violence

In an appeal for an end to the “killing, destruction [and] bellicose posturing” by those in power, the UN human…

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Environmental and Human Toll of Global Conflicts

War has long been recognized as a destructive force, not only for the people and societies directly involved but also…

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Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth

In a lively interactive dialogue, OHCHR’s Ajith Sunghay had invited the young students to discuss what human rights means to…

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Human Rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts

The report highlights torture of inmates, ill-treatment, arbitrary and illegal arrest and detention, malnutrition and poor healthcare.Thousands are being held…

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Marburg virus: Scientists start human testing of vaccine

The Oxford Vaccine Group has administered the vaccine to people aged between 18 and 55. The trial is being funded…

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