Türk calls for respect of religious symbols as rights council urgently debates Quran burnings
Addressing the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk noted that the tome was the “core of faith”…
Bangladesh using enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings to silence rights defenders: Experts
‘Chilling effect’ Odhikar has “documented enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings and cooperated with UN human rights mechanisms in this context,” the three…
Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week
Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of oil, the supertanker FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the…
One year of the Black Sea Initiative: Key facts and figures
Discover the achievements of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has exported over 32 million tonnes of food commodities to 45 countries…
‘Grim milestone’ as Ukraine war reaches 500-day mark
The war began on 24 February 2022, and the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has confirmed that more than…
UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals ‘indispensable’ to global food security
In a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesperson, António Guterres reiterated “the importance of full and continued implementation” of the agreements signed…
UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya
Yelena Milashina, who works for the independent investigative news service Novaya Gazeta, was travelling with Alexander Nemov when they were attacked on…
UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions
The “relief chief” was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York just as these two separate lifesaving initiatives are set…
OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over militarization of public security in Honduras
OHCHR Spokesperson Marta Hurtado told journalists in Geneva that the Government had issued a 45-day extension on Wednesday. “The state of emergency,…
Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’
He said citizens of the Caribbean nation are “trapped in a living nightmare” as armed gangs encircle the capital, Port-au-Prince, blocking roads,…