More must be done to help people displaced by fighting in northern Nigeria, says key UN official
More must be done to protect and ensure the survival of hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes thanks to a Boko Haram-led insurgency in northern Nigeria, according to a key UN offcial. Noting that the fighting has created more than 2.5 million IDPs in the region, Chaloka Beyani, the Special Rapporteur on the […]
New Maldives law a “direct attack” on free speech with religious element “particularly worrying”, says un human rights expert
A new law introduced in the Maldives is a “direct attack” on free speech and the use of religion as grounds for doing so was “particularly worrying”, according to a UN human rights expert. The Muslim-majority Indian Ocean nation’s parliament adopted the Protection of Reputation and Good Name and Freedom of Expression Bill on 9th August. […]