Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law
The draconian law foresees the application of the death penalty and long prison sentences for consensual sex between adults. Non-discrimination principle Mr.…
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UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered
Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović were convicted by the court – part of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) which…
Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
NEW YORK—27 May 2023— Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25…
UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify
WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000…
Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war
“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for…
Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts
“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in…
HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis
Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon the UN, the EU and the OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order…
PACE issues final statement on deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities
The Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) review on the deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities acknowledged in…
Over 100 Ahmadis at Turkish-Bulgarian frontier face imprisonment, or death if deported
More than one hundred members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who presented themselves at the…
Despite ‘slightly’ improved food security in Yemen, hunger stalks millions
“The United Nations and its partners made strides in rolling back the worst food insecurity last year, but these gains remain fragile,…