Sudan “spiralling out of control” as one million flee country – UN
Reuters More than a million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states and people inside the country are running out of food and dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the capital […]
UN urges action in Haiti displacement crisis caused by gang wars
Reuters At least 160,000 people in Haiti have been displaced in a crisis caused by increasing violence between heavily-armed gangs, the United Nations said on Tuesday, estimating that over 530 people have been killed this year. “Clashes between gangs are becoming more violent and more frequent,” the office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human […]
Iran executions are “state sanctioned killing” – UN rights chief
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The UN human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran’s government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to “state sanctioned killing”. “The weaponisation of criminal procedures to punish people for exercising their basic rights – such as those participating in or […]
UN Human Rights chief due to arrive in China for historic visit
Beijing, China/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet begins a visit to China on Monday, the first trip by a holder of the office since 2005 amid concerns that it could lead to an endorsement rather than scrutiny of China’s rights record. During the six-day trip, Bachelet will visit Xinjiang, […]