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Spain: Former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights violated, say UN experts |

The findings by the group of independent human rights experts were published after revision of a complaint filed by Oriol…

4 years ago

Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections |

The North African country became divided between two rival administrations in the years after the overthrow of former leader Muammar…

4 years ago

LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert |

“Despite five decades of progress, equality is not within reach, and often not even within sight, for all persons impacted…

4 years ago

Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet |

The development is occurring in a context where Israeli authorities are increasingly limiting what she called human rights “eyes and…

4 years ago

Pakistan: $160 million UN emergency plan launched, as ‘monsoon on steroids’ continues |

An estimated 33 million people have been affected by the “worst flooding in decades "and more than 1,000 people, mostly…

4 years ago

Asian stocks after Wall St pullback on Fed inflation stance

BEIJING Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street fell following last week’s Federal Reserve pledge to fight inflation by…

4 years ago

Clashes Erupt In Baghdad After Iraqi Cleric Moqtada Sadr Resigns, 15 Dead

BAGHDAD The shelling targeted Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone Monday, a security source said after Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said he…

4 years ago

Deadly Pakistani Floods Cost Over $10 Billion: Minister

ISLAMABAD Early estimates put the damage from Pakistan’s recent deadly floods at more than $10 billion, its planning minister said…

4 years ago

UN relief chief stresses need to stay and deliver for all Afghans |

UN Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths, who briefed ambassadors, reported on the ongoing hardships and uncertainty facing Afghans, nearly half of…

4 years ago

‘Very survival’ of Iraqi State at risk, UN mission warns, as UN chief calls for calm and restraint |

In a statement issued via his Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, Secretary-General António Guterres said he’d been following events “with concern”, as demonstrators…

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